@@erikaeric8313I didn't lie. She said it. Halle bailey said it.Look it up. It's not my words, not rumours of anything. She actually said that she had to take acting classes after being cast to learn how to show emotions on her face. Her words not mine. Also she was technically a child star but she was not Emma Watson. She barely had any lines, she usually always acted with her sister and was basically like her sister's sidekick and her acting NEVER had any dimensions (which is why she couldn't show emotion and had to take classes). She is barely a supporting character, just a random side character with little to no lines. Even in grownish where she was a supporting character, she was basically her sister's sidekick, didn't have dimensions in her acting and basically acted like herself and hence she was outshines by every other supporting character. Even Doug's character had more dimensions than her. Now it's normal for actors to take classes before acting, in between acting and many actors never take classes at all. But who takes acting classes AFTER already being cast in a SIMPLE ROLE (cause let's face it, Ariel is not a difficult role, it's very simple) for something as elementary as showing emotions after being allegedly being hired for her "talent" in acting. Not someone hired due to talent. She has no "talent" in acting. She is a good singer but if this is her acting after taking classes then I am afraid she is indeed a sub par actress.
I loved the original Eric because he wasnt a pompus, pussy wipped, prudish prince like all the others. He was so greatly written that his look of discust at his own heroric statue with all the trimmings of royalty immediately told you what kind of guy he was. He immediately went on the offensive and attacked and successfully killed the seawitch for messing with his girl. After the king Tritons downfall and Ariels capture, it was all down to him. Eric was the only disney prince who took part in the leading role in the events of the story and had a character arc of his own. He was kind-hearted, humble, passionate, and brave. A very masculine man. They have completely demolished him.
I mean, a big part of his character and role in the story is that him killing Ursula and risking his life for Ariel proved to King Triton that humans could care. I rewatched it with my dad after learning it was his favorite Disney movie and I was surprised to see that there's alot of lessons aimed at parents in the story.
With "Under the Sea" they obviously didn't even listen to the lyrics when they made the visuals. There's a part with "The newt play the flute The carp play the harp..." In the animated original, you actually see each creature plays that musical instrument. Here, nothing happens.
Poor Walt, must be rolling over in his grave; He's the one who said the "Children should come out of the theatre SINGING their favorite song from the movie." Yipes. Halle does have a beautiful voice; yes but I still haven't heard a melody worth remembering. AND WRITERS CAN'T IMAGINE mermaids without including MEN or a SHIPWREAK?? Singing underwater usually produces bubbles, doesn't it ? Not even a gulp in the soundtrack? If you're going to rehash your own former works, the least you can do is ascertain which items to leave in-instead of deleting them! FINALLY AN EXCELLENT VIDEO HERE --Someone speaking for " Just---US", in a Most Eloquent Manner, and in English, with greatly descriptive analyzations. EXCELLENT! I've awakened, I am awake. And... I may never understand why someone who was awakened or awoke....could become WOKE.! (Luckily, I can use it because it rhymes with "broke.") I apologize for not being woke enough to produce original materials that would appeal to Hollywood, and will probably be deemed to be racist; But I HAD to create MY "Little Blue Mermaid" as being " blue", because, unfortunately, logic played a major part in the "reasoning." The reasons behind that decision; Blue is the color that helps mermaids camouflage themselves while swimming in the oceans, so that the sharks can't see them well, and "Melody" is blue because she feels sorry for the Earth People... "Melody has a pet SeaPony, and I should apologize for not terming him a sea horse, so that others can understand from what the SeaPonies were derived(Surfer Boy) .I also apologize for "Melody's melodies, as they are actually appropriate for young children to adapt to, remember and, duh..actually SING. "LyndaFayeS Little Blue Mermaid" musical for children, with three dimensional characters - And NO stories about sailors; I apologize, again, for coming up with an original story. "The Great Awakening" the song from the dream...and not woke. Videos by FredGold&LyndaFaye SeaPonyMermaidSbyLyndaFaye@Gmail and LyndaFayeSmusic@Yahoo
YES! As a theatre kid, I hated the lack of expression! Yes her singing is good, but her acting was stiff. Girl worked on this for 5 years and there was barely a change throughout the whole movie😭
Which is extra bad considering that for the majority of the movie, Ariel is mute and has to rely on her body language to communicate. Ironic, considering that was one of the "issues" they were supposed to be correcting.
This movie sums up everything wrong with modern day Disney. A greedy Soulless corporate entity that just takes good ideas from the past and a destroys them. It’s truly heartbreaking and sad
They did not even include the "Daughters of Triton" where Ariel's sisters sing in the beginning to introduce her. It is my FAVORITE PART of the whole movie since I was a child. I can't forgive Disney for this!
@@signeulbonaesignalbonae9699 "Aquata!" "Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah." "Andrina!" "Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah." "Arista!" "Ah-ah-ah." "Atina!" "Ah-ah-ah." "Adella!" "Ah-ah-ah." "Allana!" "Ah-ah-ah." "And then there is the youngest in her musical debut. Our seventh little sister, we're presenting her to you. To sing a song Sebastian wrote, her voice is like a bell! She's our sister, Ari-" "*A bunch of gasps*" "Ariel!"
IN THE LAAAA-AND OF THE FREEEEEEEEEE AND THE HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (BTW, there's seriously someone in showbiz called Halle Bailey who didn't even use her middle name or make up a stage name when there's already a Halle Berry? Does she have any idea how many old people she's going to confuse, starting with me? Does she hate Asians so much since they'll pronounce both names the exact same? Fvcking disgusting.)
Eric also saved the men on his ship as it was going down, not to mention the fact of him saving Ariel show Triton what human's werent all evil and that his daughter was in safe hands.
and the fact Ariel saves Eric initially as well. It's not like the older Disney 'prince rides by, sees girl in glass coffin and kisses her' without any rhyme or reason to who in the hell this random creep is or why he wants to kiss dead women on glass coffins.
Ya then she had to tell triton that he helped to, like don't forget to give the silly white boy some credit as well. All he did was graze ursulas shoulder, then act as a distraction for big tough ariel to take her out.
6:32 Apparently the writers did that because they thought it would be cool for Triton to have a daughter native to each of the Seven Seas. Bet they feel kind of dumb given what that implies.
Turns out King Triton is Queen Triton... that means he got banged in the 7 seas. And we all know what that Trident actually is, no wonder Ursula wants it.
I really hate what they did to the love story between Ariel and Eric. If they wanted to leave out the "love" and make her black they could've just used the Mami Wata, the mermaid from African mythology. Much like Anansi they could adopt almost any telling since, much like European deities her behaviour differed from tale to tale. The "love" is vital component in The Little Mermaid since, in the original tale, she DOESN'T win the prince's love. The original Disney animated followed it up to the prince meeting another woman, but instead of the mermaid winning back his love, he announces he's marrying the other woman and the mermaid throws herself back into the water to die. It was especially heartwrenching since it stated that every step felt like she was walking on knives and she was dancing for him, in the hope he'd recognize her. Also, I could've played a better Sebastian. That was one of the reasons I got into my guild when I played World of Warcraft. During the test raid I ran, the second I started talking on Skype people started saying I sounded like Sebastian and pestering me to sing Under the Sea...which I caved and did. But only after we killed Illidan for the first time :D. Also, that's not a Caribbean accent. It's an exaggerated JAMAICAN accent. But don't feel bad, we know most think we all speak like that.
I understand what your sayin But I liked what they did to the love story because it has development instead of them just automatically being in love and Eric having no personality
@@Juliasvault That's the problem, Eric HAD a personality. In this one he didn't. In the original he was the kind of prince you typically see in mangas of today...basically TLM animated was ahead of it's time. He was not the typical spoilt prince, instead he was the kind that got along with the common folks while irking the upper crust with his behavior. You see this in his reaction to the statue and the talk about his failed arranged marriage. He thinks for himself and isn't prone to giving into the whims of others. Which makes Ursula taking control of his mind particularly nasty.
@@RyanEX2000 I feel in the original he didn’t, as he was all open to marrying Ursula/Venessa, he also wasn’t very outgoing ect. In the live action ver he was outgoing and acted like a normal human, got along with his people, and more You also see Eric and Ariel’s relationship develop, as Ariel was already in love with him, and he had to fall for her. I get what your saying about everything but as a whole I really enjoyed the movie when if I’m the only one.
@@Juliasvault the Vanessa shit was because he was bewitched bud. You can see in the animation that his pupils have a gold dot in them to show Vanessa’s control. It was part of his personality that he was shy which has kiss the girl have more importance. They need to push him to kiss her because she wants him to kiss him, leans in closed her eyes, lips out and he hesitates! Then the song and getting her name from Sebastian breaks his shyness. Plus the dumbassery of the oh you forget this contract (ARGHHHHHH! Who would sign a contract knowing you’d forget about it. If they are trying to FIX (the almost perfect OG) that is not it! No one would sign a contract knowing it is entirely rigged.) It sucks. I’m not hating on you man if you enjoy it go ahead but please don’t think the backlash is undeserved with the butchering of the original. If they had kept to the original to a T (and in animation) and just improved Eric slightly like you’ve said cause sure he could’ve been better. Im sure people would’ve loved to see it again as it was. Cause I’ll agree yeah he wasn’t 10/10 but he was an 8 or 9 but that doesn’t excuse the girl boss crap that undermines his character and his character’s end development of risking his ass to save Ariel from being SMITED and proving to Triton (another issue altogether as he was THANOS’D when in the original he takes Ariel’s place on the contract. Plus Triton’s character is just bad in general just snaps whereas the original had reason and even him feeling guilty and even asking Sebastian if he was being too harsh!) that humans aren’t all that bad and coincidentally getting Triton to let his youngest daughter go and be happy.
When Ariel screamed "Black lives matter'" and burned down Prince Eric's home because he misgendered zher... man, I had to cry on my wife's boyfriend's shoulder.
❤ I thought and felt the same. I hope that Anne Boleyn and Haakon Sigurdsson get dishonorable mentions against Netfux’s Mizz Cleopatra. The Worst of Woke Awards is going to be something to truly behold, Hollyweird is tripping over itself to make our Despot’s job hard.
1989 LM is a colorful, well paced and overall catchy film, that while different from the original tale is changed with purpose to make a complete artistic vision with it's own message. It is coherent on many levels. This I can say about most all classic Disney films whether I like them or not, with only some exceptions like The Black Caldron. None of these things were done in this 2023 version, or in most LARs. This movie is dark and generally ugly, overly long, with no clear message or artistic direction that makes at best a mid-film that will satisfy the tasteless who are pleased with everything, but offer not even the pantomime of substance as the 89 version does. Changes are made to the narrative, but the rest of the story is not refit to account for these differences even though they shift both the tone of the events and the characterization of it's leads. Small changes make big differences in the overall feel and message of each scene which compound into big problems. And to make it worse they cast a controversial main lead purely for marketing purposes and have the nerve to make a movie that is incredibly unflattering to her, highlighting neither her talent or beauty. Change her--fine. Ariel is just a character from a film that did not adapt the source material very well to begin with (which I don't think is a flaw by the way, the HCA story is not very compelling IMO, it is overly angsty and lacking in contrast and narrative weight because of it. The best part is the sea witch, which the 89 version captured the character of well). But like every other race change, the new character is not as beautiful or charismatic as the original, which is of no fault of the actors but the writing and directing. Good actors do as their told, and she was not told how to do this role well by the script, the CG director, the music director, or the main director. Those who this comment was originally meant for that I won't waste the words on, but will still post for the algorithm, do not seem to understand the value of fairy tales, or stories in general, with how quick they are to dismiss criticism of so called "children's media" by saying it is for children. Even though this media is explicitly for families not children. And by families, they mean to say a movie for everyone and anyone--the whole of the human family. These stories are meant to appear simple, but become deeper and more meaningful the more thought is put into them, and often as the stories grow with us through life we can see what wisdom was hidden in them all along. But is it the worst movie of the year, probably not. But to me it is worse because of that. If it were unspeakably bad, full of in-your-face propaganda which spoke loudly what it was to everyone, then it would be something unique. This is just another bland piece of new Disney, which walks around saying anything while correcting things that were "wrong" before, and by doing that the Disney overlords who approved every frame of this ugly excuse for a movie tell us exactly what the purpose of these films are--and it's not just making money.
I thought her performance was going to be beyond amazing since they defended the decision of her being Ariel so bad ! To the point that they would race swap but … come on she was not very good
She and the rest of the main cast was so bland in their acting, that the movie became boring to watch, even the action scenes were so underwhelming, and I ended up skipping through 70 percent of the movie.
Here's a perfect example of good vs bad music. When you played the new "part of your world" I was mindlessly eating my lunch at work. But when you played that short bit of Mozarts piece, I actually got a bit of chills and stopped eating to watch it. I wasn't planning on any of this. It was just totally involuntary physical actions to something made by a genius vs something made by a committee board room.
I love when I have a physical, visceral reaction to powerful music! I only met one other person who gets the chills from certain songs! I’ve never seen this, but I love the original “Part of their World” and “Under the Sea” , I even taught myself how to play the latter on the piano at 11 yrs old. But just from listening to the remake clips on this video, I’m left totally underwhelmed.
It just occurred to me that Eric mistaking Ursula's human form for his savoir is less believable in LAR18 because of the difference in skin tone between the actresses. But then again, _modern audiences_ wouldn't like seeing a dark skinned villain, would they?
It would have been believable if Some Guy was hypnotized like in the original but he wasn't, or if he was, the movie didn't convey it well. Eric was clearly dead to the world, with a robotic voice and not even acknowledging Ariel's existence when he has accepted that he loved her the night before. But Some Guy was still wrestling with his feelings for Aufma; he's even looking for her during his engagement party with Vanessa. The fact that he was doubtful of being with Vanessa but still went to the trouble of getting engaged with her actually pissed me off when I watch the movie. How can someone be that stupid?
@@lmahu6627 He was bewitched by Ursula's stolen siren voice. But Ursula could hardly hold onto that bewitchment, since Eric's true feelings tried to break out.
@@Gaia_Seraphina But that's the problem. Ursula is displayed as being a powerful sea witch and bewitching Eric would mean he shouldn't be pining for Ariel because he'd be 100% under Ursula's control. By having him conflicted over marrying Vanessa or being with Ariel ruins that plot point entirely; as it implies that Ursula's suddenly not as powerful as was earlier implied.
The biggest thing I hate about this movie is how boring it looks. Animation will always be superior to live action as there is literally nothing you can't do with animation. The Little Mermaid isn't my favorite Disney movie by any stretch but I can respect that it's animation is gorgeous to look at and clearly visually impressive as well as that it took a lot of work to make, which is why so many people loved it and continue to love it. Live Action Little Mermaid looks like every other Live Action movie with obvious CGI sets, props and even water. If a live action Little Mermaid was made in the 90s they'd atleast show scenes under actual water and at actual locations so even if it didn't look as good as the original you can at least say it looks impressive because of the sets, props and locations. But Disney doesn't even attempt to do that much, just CGI everywhere.
It's especially funny because James Cameron basically stole all their thunder not long ago; as much as it sucks in every other department, Avatar 2 was gorgeous and seamlessly blended CGI and real life.
The Little Mermaid was the last animated Disney movie made the old way: cells, human artists drawing the characters, inbetweeners, and the traditional Disney multi-plane camera
I still remember when in middle school we were studying the history of animation and we compared the little mermaid with Cinderella and Snow White and how the animation evolved from stiff, simple animation to the fluidity that Ariel hair had, especially in the underwater scenes. I love to see that evolution, but now it's like we're evolving just backward. Like we know from James Cameron's Avatar 2 that cgi water scenes can be done splendidly, yet Disney gave us a dull ocean that didn't look like it was made for children at all. I didn't mind that much the actress for Ariel, since talent isn't something basen on your skin color, but seeing how she lost the iconic red color I felt sad, like a piece was missing. I'm sure I might not be the only one saying this, but the movie could have been better if politics stayed out of the picture and idk maybe do original stories instead of repurpose a franchise that ended well and should have stayed in our childhood memories
19:29 The one you can't remember is the telepathic song she sings when she is supposed to be mute, "For the First Time." That one is pretty ridiculous to be honest. She knows what gravity and corsets are but still calls forks dinglehoppers for some reason. It seemed to me that she was so bad at portraying emotion with no voice, they had to insert the only thing she was good at, singing. It is also pretty funny that for the whole song she just keeps saying "Look at me!" 28:30 I'm no sailor but I have watched videos about it before. And what they show Halle Bailey do would not have worked. In order for a ship to go straight, you have to turn the wheel back and forth constantly, especially in choppy water like that. Eric demonstrates that in the cartoon. Bailey just tosses the wheel to one side. The ship would have probably just kept spinning before falling into the vortex. 28:49 That scene where they are talking to the Queen, she actually says "Our worlds has misunderstood one another for far too long. Your marriage marks a new beginning for us." So they do actually get married. It is just off camera and a throw away line because they can't celebrate marriage in front of "modern audiences." Lol
Correct. You steer one way to start turning, and then have return to center, at a minimum. Same with cars, which my little sister learned the hard way when I first let her drive my car when she was 15. Turned and just kept turning, into a snowbank. Didn't think I needed to tell her that you have to turn back again, so I learned something as well. Never assume they know.
I think the main problem is that, this movie should never had been live action in the first place. You can use CGI all you want and make it the best you can, but the magic that is from the original being drawn in hand drawn animation, will never and can never be replaced or redone.
the ending was changed from Eric proving to King Triton that humans are good by killing Ursula but now the independent women kills Ursula which ruins the message of the movie
For me it has nothing to do with the casting. For me its about Howard Ashman. Disney/Menken erasing his legacy, songs, and themes. Without Howard Ashman, there would be no Disney Renaissance. I cant in good heart support that. I wouldn't be surprised if the Government uses the "Skuttlebutt" song as a new torture method.
It’s the next stepping stone for the woke left. After they go after the straight white men, they go after the gay white men, then white women and so on and so forth.
I feel like Menken did it at gunpoint ie: thinly veiled threats. If you listen to the commentary on og Little Mermaid or heck og Beauty and The Beast, they were works of passion for the two long time collaborators Ashman/Menken. Menken had a lot of respect and reverence for Ashman and was quite broken up at his passing. So this feels like the strong arm of Disney execs. Funny how Disney is all about "gay pride" but erases bits of lyrics made by Ashman, that they found "problematic" in TLM.
In addition, Disney is trying desperately to make Menken and Miranda the new Disney duo while completely forgetting about how Menken and Ashman were the original duo. I just find it extremely off in how they hired Miranda to essentially replace Ashman when his style and goals in music are nothing like Ashman and what he would have wanted i.e. Skuttlebutt
@@greenesmyfavcolor9742 sorry I love Menken but the fact is I dont see Menken and Miraada becoming the next Lennon and McCartney of Disney songs if Lin is paid for a cringey rap. Not even the next Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of writing
@@Thomasmemoryscentral I don’t see it either but Disney certain does. I’ve seen so many interviews and articles painting them to be this new super duo for Disney which is simply not the case. They only worked on one bad live action remake. Menken and Ashman worked with each other years prior to Disney and essentially saved the company so Miranda is no where near comparable to Ashman’s influence
It honestly felt like a small budget movie that I was watching ..the CGI was horrible , the set of the palace and small sea town looked like , well , a set and the costumes looked cheap and tacky..and I fast paced many boring scenes until the end ..the actress had a good voice ..she just didn't feel like the little mermaid , she was just a mermaid ..
Halle Bailey is such a beautiful singer. Imagine the impact she could have had if Disney did 2 seconds of research and learned that our west African ancestors have mermaid lore that has yet to be put on a big screen. Nope, they want us to accept a 30 year old hand me down.
Just be grateful they didn’t wreck a whole nother cultures folklore to make a bad movie. They had the decency to ruin their own proud heritage, which is sad enough. Well, whatever. Cashgrabbin time again.
@@animula6908 except no it’s insulting to none brain dead Europeans. I’m British and it disgusts me since I was raised with folklore of mermaids and such. Especially European tales.
Exactly! They should have just made an entirely different story, there is Haitian mermaid folklore too, stop doing this shit. I’m black too and I can’t stand it! It’s literally like a freaking hand me down
Its empowering... so they say. Male characters need to be put in their place. So says the ideology and Disney cares more about that than they do money.
It's because nobody watched the travesty that was Peter Pan remake aka the Wendy girlboss movie. Of course Peter Pan is played by a total lifeless faced cuck who has no acting ability as well.
Yes and not just any slap. Its a full body pivot, thunderclap of kinetic energy the force of which could split an atom kind of a slap .. i was like HOLY HELL! daaayuum
If Nancy Reagan was known as the BJ QUEEN OF HOLLYWOOD, I'd shudder to think what Aquafina has had to do to get gigs in Tinseltown (Something German no doubt)
Technically "Scuttle" (Ariel's secret surface dwelling friend who would interpret the various human artifacts she'd find) in the remake isn't even a seagull, but a gannet; which is a similar looking, but lesser known, species of marine diving bird that doesn't directly interact with humans like seagulls do. Also Fun Fact: 'The Scuttlebutt' was written by none other than Lin-Manuel Miranda... yes, THAT Lin-Manuel Miranda
It's a bit bizarre to know, thanks to the Nostalgia Critic's recent video, that the woman they had act out Ariel's actions as a basis for the animators of the original version, acted better than this woman; and she wasn't even going to be IN the movie at all, she was just helping the artists get an idea of how to draw the scenes. Ariel's amazing expressions are a huge part of the animated version and why I loved the movie as a kid. She's more expressive when mute than most people are with voice. Although I honestly think the Peter Pan remake is worse, with it's offensive pandering and outright destruction of it's own story. It's aggressively bad, not just a boring failure.
It makes me happy to see comments acknowledging this. Ariel's expressiveness was also one of the reasons I loved her so much as a child. Watching the remake made me feel like Disney didn't understand what made the original Ariel so special.
I still wonder why a black mermaid would want anything to do with the human world in the 1800s when slavery was still going strong... unless that Carribbean spot shown is specifically Haiti... and then I wonder why there's ANY whitefolk cuz death to the slavemasters and all that back then when they liberated themselves.
Look at how bland they look together and tell me they are in love. Both actors were there for a check and that was it. It was a phoned in performance that if it wasn't a Disney film, would be shat on all over MSM just like it was on SM.
9:45 What’s even more ridiculous is that the actress who was the runner up for the role was Tony nominated for her role in the musical Once On This Island which is… a Caribbean Haitian Voodoo retelling of the OG Little Mermaid.
Or they could have gone with Inspired By and set it on an alien world - humanity fell long ago into dark ages, this waterworld planet's people had chosen to do genetic modification to fit their world better, generations later and we have merfolk. In comes visitors from space - humans, neo-feudalistic now due to the cultural collapse, and they create an outpost. Some royalty-dude's vessel (Prince Eric Analogue) malfunctions and crashes into the ocean, we can have our space-ariel save him, and do a lot of nods and story-moments paying tribute to the inspired-by material. It'd be a very interesting movie imo. Like the Avatar to Pocahontas, so to speak.
May i also point out this: in the original, the prince isn't noticed so kraken sized ursula didnt have the time to react and easily destroy the ship with a flick of a single tentacle, in this movie, because of course you need that type of scene, ursula *SEES* ariel, has about 15 seconds to react, proceeds to do nothing other than allow ariel to stab her. That victory is so pathetically weak, its unearned, ariel wasn't smart because she knew her foe was focused on something else and had no reason to suspect a random ship carcass to do anything so it took advantage of the situation, she was handed the victory by... god, i guess
Oh, good! I'm not the only one who noticed Ursula just watched the ship come her way/did nothing to stop it from killing her. XD Ariel saving the day is a blatant Mary Sue moment - given 1) she had never sailed a ship in her life; so would have no idea what a helm was for. 2) had no legs to stand on (which are needed to brace oneself when steering a ship 3) just spun the helm in one direction and didn't need to keep it on course (it just magically stayed on course, despite the violently choppy seas and no one manning the helm) and 4) Ursula's dimbulb moment as she stupidly watched the ship plow its way towards her and did nothing to knock it away from her. How is anyone rooting for Ariel's girl boss moment when it's just that stupidly written?
@@madamefluffy4788 something something misoginy they would tell you. In the original, another detail is that eric is constantly fighting the current of the FUCKING GIAN ASS VORTEX, you see him struggling to keep a carcass en route towards ursula, it is a moment of tension because you fear for ariel whom, the scene was a back and forth, eric saves her (when ursula is about to attack her he yeets the harpoon), she saves eric (by redirecting ursulas blast), she helps him out of the water before he suffocates, he saves her by impaling ursula, this moment shows both as badasses who are in love with each other so much so that a cecaelia who just became the goddess of the oceans doesn't scare them into paralysis, but instead makes them willing to risk their lives for each other, this movie is shallow as fuck, there is NONE of that here, who was ursula even focusing on?!
@@michelecastellotti9172 The ship, clearly! Maybe Ursula was stupefied by the fact that a mermaid with no sailing experience (and no legs to keep her steady, even if she did) was trying to sail a ship, that it caused her to mentally snap at the stupidity of it all and was unable to react in time to save her own miserable life (Hell, makes more sense than just thinking she stood there and watched the approaching ship just because there was nothing better for her to do). The fact that Ariel accepts credit for killing Ursula is bad enough (because just watching the scene shows it was entirely based on dumb luck rather than any skill whatesover on Ariel's part); but the nerve of Ariel to tell Triton that Eric helped in taking Ursula down when the most he had done was throw a harpoon at her before getting ensnared in ropes shortly thereafter was just adding insult to injury. And Triton, the colossal doorknob that he is, accepts her at her word. The revised script sounds likes a poorly written fanfic written by a self proclaimed feminist.
@@madamefluffy4788 your reasoning would make sense actually, too bad me and you both know thats not the case. What did we expect from the company that made PETER PAN POINT A FUCKING SABER BETWEEN A BUNCH OF CHILDRENS TROATHS SOCLOSE HE COULD'VE EASILY SLIPPED 2 OF THEM BY ACCIDENT? This movie is horrible, they ruined my favourite scene: the one with ariels sisters, i loved that scene because it alone tells you everything on each member of the family! THATS THE SCENE THAT INTRODUCES YOU TO TRITON
@@michelecastellotti9172 I hope you mean the '89 film and not this eyesore of a movie. XD (to be clear - in regards to the 2023 film, the diversity in the sisters doesn't bother me; the fact they expect the audience to believe they are all biologically related to the same mother and father does).
The thing that bothers me the most about the lyric change is the lyric “if the time is right and the time is tonight.” Uh Sebastian? THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW. Why are you acting as if you have time to be like “oh well if the time is right, then it’s fine.” You don’t have time to be timid about this when Ariel’s life is on the line. And it also makes no sense because the rest of the song is the same with the urgency but that lyric is like “oh we should be considerate of the time and see if it’s right…” BRO if we don’t get this guy to kiss her, she is basically going to die tomorrow. We don’t have time to treat like this like a vacation itinerary. And also it just drags on for so long. It’s like listening to a complete slog. Kiss the Girl was my favorite song after Under the Sea so this just sucks. ALSO by removing the best musical part of poor unfortunate souls, you are missing the point of what Ursula is doing. And what is she doing? She is MANIPULATING ARIEL BY FEEDING HER FALSE INFORMATION. It has nothing to do with the movie’s opinion of women. It has to do with Ursula taking advantage of Ariel’s naïveté by falsely telling her losing her voice won’t matter when obviously it’s the obstacle keeping Eric from recognizing her. God these people are so fucking stupid.
I'm actually surprised they didn't tried to make Ursula the morally grey/misunderstood type of villain that gets redeemed at the end like Toy story 4, and the true bad guy wasn't Tritone. I was shocked!
Whenever I hear of another Disney remake, I imagine Walt Disney spinning in his grave at Mach speed. The man was a national treasure. I just don’t understand how a company/brand can have such malice towards the person who made them what they are in the first place.
Well it fits the pattern with Lucas and all the rest. I guess when your goal is to tear down and subvert existing culture it doesn't do to be too favorable towards them. And obviously you have to tear it all down, its right in the instruction manual. Can't replace what's there until it's gone, and then you install your own structure in the vacuum that's left. Same reason the Soviets and Chinese tried very hard to destroy the existing cultures and traditions. There can only be The State, no distractions. Although they have altered that somewhat to the Corporate/State duogemony, where they both form halves of the diad. I don't even think that's crazy conspiracy talk any more, that definitely seems to be where we are going.
If Remade Prince Eric were removed from this version of the story, it would hardly matter. Remade Ariel is primarily interested in the world above the ocean, not Eric in particular. Eric does not save Ariel, thereby earning King Triton's respect and changing his mind about humans, as in the source material. In fact, he does nothing useful.
and this is exactly a picture, some want to give us, or indoctrinate even : women don't need or want men anymore. men are useless and it is not a strong female personality trait to seek love in and with a partner (plus, only of usual opposite sex - how boring has ThAT become!?).
I haven't seen the movie, but I have seen a scene by scene comparison between Animated Ariel and Halle Bailey, and the difference is night and day. Jodi Benson clearly sounds like she's trying to be as expressive as possible and the animation really plays up how dynamic Ariel is both in expression and energy. Halle Bailey might be able to sing, which even then I doubt somewhat thanks to countless forms of audio editing, but when she acts, she constantly sounds like she's half asleep or phoning it in. And people are trying to say this is better than an animated Disney Classic.
please. now i know the people in this comment section are racist because you could’ve picked anything to have a problem with and you choose her SINGING? 😭 firstly, she has sung the songs completely live and sounds just as incredible. secondly, halle is a better singer. obviously i’m speaking in terms of technical ability, it’s ur opinion which voice u prefer, but vocally she has better range, pitch, colour, tone etc. thirdly, obviously this is a subjective opinion but acting like there was no expression in her voice is insane to me. her vocal performance of part of your world was far superior as she did a much better job of conveying the longing ariel has to be human with the powerful notes jodi could not hit. as i said, you can prefer whichever voice you want but stating that the difference between jodi & halle is night & day is just laughable. i don’t even think you genuinely believe that yourself. i personally wasn’t a fan of the movie so i watched this video expecting an unbiased review - not this ‘woke people are taking over waah’ drab whining. the comment about doubting her ability based on audio editing yet not holding jodi to that same standard was so nasty & mean spirited. hate this movie because you genuinely didn’t enjoy it, not because you clung at straws to find reasons for ur hatred other than not liking that a black person was cast as the made up mermaid
@@MassiveGamingBeast This is not American Idol it's a musical, chill out. Also cool it with the racism as you can clearly see at the box office Miles Morales clearly has no trouble selling tickets because he's not a black Peter Parker.
I once saw a black woman complaining about this movie race swapping Mainly because Disney appears to specifically race swapping gingers/red heads for blacks, in doing so excluding a group for another group that have the spot light A LOT these days. As a natural ginger, I have to agree, I was bullied for being ginger and not considered attractive at school, excluding red heads in movies ain't going to help gingers getting bullied, but what do I know, I'm a white girl who has to dye my hair now to hide my ginger due to bullying trauma🙃
I am glad you inserted the Koreans into this video. It is ironic that Asians take more offense to Disney's dismantling of European culture than the gaslit average American/Western response of "Oh i dont care abour them making her black. AS LONG AS THE FILM IS GOOD!!!" cuckery. The Egyptians are suing on behalf of a Greek/European Cleopatra. The Asians are boycotting Disney films that erase White characters. Arabs have spoken out to thank the British musuem for preserving African art that the locals basically vandalized and pillaged. Americans and Western Europeans? "OHHHHHH I DONT CARE AS LONG AS THE MOVIE IS GOOD" Just sad
@@30noir well she wasnt bad. One of only two people in this that actually tried which is surprising because i didnt expect Melissa McKraken to display a good character
I'm still trying to figure out what was the point behind Ariel singing 'Part of that World' when Ariel had never once ventured to the surface prior to spotting Eric's ship sailing overhead, which only happened 'after' she sang her song on longing. How is she pining for a world she's never seen/experienced first hand - especially considering she was raised believing humans are cruel creatures who destroy their precious coral reefs with their shipwrecks and murdered her mother (why would anyone pine to be part of a world like that?). At least in the OG story, she was fascinated by the stories her sisters would share about their respective trips to the surface (which made her eager to see it for herself) and the '89 animated film had her sneaking off to spy on humans/learn more about them prior to spotting Eric's ship (she was naturally curious and disobeyed her father's rules on numerous occasions - given how he scolds her/reminds her of the dangers of the human world). In this one, she's pining for a world based on the trinkets she finds in the shipwrecks?
@@kinagrill Making the whole 'they're destroying our reefs!' a load of BS. Someone really REALLY needed to proof read this script before anything was filmed; because, my God, the stuff that literally makes no sense in context is astronomical and leaves me wondering how anyone can claim this live remake is better than the '89 classic.
They ruined a well loved and meaningful story that was meant to be a moral lesson for younger audiences and ruined it with political opinions that are virtually shoved into an iconic story.
If i were a film maker , I don't want people over praising the diversity side Because i want to be praised for creating a movie that showcase qualitative story telling When people overpraised the diversity side , i don't think people appreciate the story telling , theyre just worship ideology and marketing strategy
M Bison loves her scenes. He clipped them together to brainwash Blanka into an electrical rage monster. Props to her - few actors these days connect so viscerally with their audience...
I blame her for it, yes Disney are the ones who sent out the Black Only casting call, yes the Director was focused on making as bland a performance as possible but she's the one who thought to herself 'this will help my exposure and career as a singer' rather than 'I would love to do this, but I'm not a skilled enough actress' No. Don't hold back, when an actor or actress signs a contract for a movie they are making a commitment to at least try and be passable because they are capable of acting. And if the actress was capable, then I'd hold no issue, if this were a commendable actress who can sing (I far smaller group honestly) then I'd wholly blame Disney no matter who it was. For instance, a lot of people say Jude Law in LAR 17 was the only good part and they're right, I don't blame him for the bad film, he did the best he could with what he had. But Bailey didn't think of the truth that she wasn't capable of doing this role, she just saw the zeroes attached to the role, the exposure of her voice and the ability to then claim racism when people don't like her. No quarter given to those who choose roles they're not capable of fulfilling.
@@ultraboombean I know what you mean and I won't try and change your mind, though there is a question I'll ask you. Let's say you're an actor and let's also say you get a casting call for Luke Skywalker in a remake of a New Hope. You don't know whether or not you're a 'bad' actor or not but do you think you're capable of matching Mark Hamill or surpassing his range in the role? I for one would turn it down no matter how much of a boost to my career it would be, I'm not that great an actor when I've tried, I couldn't convince American's I knew how to do a post British Accent and I'm born in the UK. That's all I'm asking for with her, a minimum of thought to how she'll appear to others rather than thinking of herself and only herself.
To be honest, you make a very compelling argument. She's a big girl and should take responsibility for her poor work. That said, the race swap massively limited the actresses who could play the role, so Bailey or someone equally as bad was the inevitable outcome.
Poor unfortunate films In pain, in need This one longing to be relevant That one wants to "start the conversation" And do I help them? Yes, indeed Those poor unfortunate films So sad, so true They come flocking to my cauldron Crying, "Live action, Iger please!" And I help them! Yes, I do Now, it's happened once or twice Someone couldn't hit the mark And I'm afraid I had to send them to Disney+ Yes, I've had the odd complaint But on the whole, l've been a saint To those poor unfortunate films
@@chasehedges6775 VHS/DVD/digital download is the "time machine" you're looking for... Last week: *12 Angry Men *Chinatown *Peter Pan (OG animation) *Swiss Family Robinson *Major League 1 & 2... This week I'll be watching: *Batman 60s TV series *Maltese Falcon/others from the "Top 10 Film Noir" list *Austin Powers trilogy Only watching this cos on the toilet - probably won't finish cos WTF cares about this or Velma or Willow or Cleopatra or [insert woke trash here]... Truly we are the masters of our own entertainment...
Thank you for pointing out about how poor the music& performances are, everyone else hasn't in their reviews. I feel the same way about part of your world song. * I loved Prince's Batman songs in the background for this, you're comedic timing and writing was fantastic 🤣🤣
Didn’t watch Mermaid due to an on going boycott of all that is Disney. You’ve convinced me that I didn’t miss a thing. Skuttlebutt says it all. Quit Disney due to them pushing agendas. Sold all my Disney stock as well.
The Little Mermaid is my favorite movie ever since a child. I’m that dork that has been collecting everything since then and not ashamed to say I still do. It was the 1st movie I saw in theaters with my mom. I watched it nonstop to the point mom had to replace the vhs multiple times lol. It’s because of Ariel I began to sing and have been all my life. Music is my ‘voice’. When I saw they were swapping her for this ‘modern audience’ I was was enraged. I don’t care about identity nonsense but I care about the memories. That’s what they want to destroy. Ariel was fascinated with the human world before Eric thus her cave of treasures. However it was her falling in love and her rebellious nature against her father who loved her deeply and wanted to protect her that pushed her to Ursula. She was already a strong willed, adventurous beautiful soul that was trying to find herself. She wasn’t trying to be a stupid feminist! I absolutely refuse to see this LAR ! Seeing the countless reviews of the disaster they created truly saddens me. Just the snippet of Part of your world sung by her grate’s me! That song along with the entire original soundtrack are iconic and beautiful. They want to destroy that too. They changed the entire feel, the story of finding herself, Eric being a wonderful man seeking love who is willing to fight to save her showing the King he is worthy of her hand. I could go on forever, but as a woman who grew up as a Disney girl in 80’s n 90’s it’s vile what Disney is doing. It isn’t showing girls how to be strong or ‘girl power’ crap! It’s showing men as horrible and weak. It’s telling girls they don’t have to learn, grow or struggle, that they don’t need anyone and as said here that marriage and family is bad! It’s destroying the reality of life by trying to brainwash children and it’s evil. I hope Disney collapses and real story tellers rise from independent areas and bring beauty back to it. I appreciate the refusal to call this disaster the Little Mermaid, its definitely not at all! Best review I’ve seen! And thank you for sharing the song beautifully sung by the group!
I totally agree with you. Wonderfully said!!! I'm a p.o.c and refused to watch the new Little Mermaid. It feels dark and not as vibrant as the original one did. Disney should've made a new princess movie of African origin and culture. I'm a huge fan of the Little Mermaid, and Disney butchered it with this whack and drown out live version of it. Halle Bailey cannot act, isn't pretty at all, and weird looking. She is soulless in this movie.
Couldn't help but notice how much the one "daughter" resembled WWK-Cleopatra with the eye makeup and crown. Much like the way they stuck that nightmarish abomination Paramount originally tried to pass off as Sonic in the Chip'n Dale movie as a bad joke, when audiences reject something, the mouse quadruples down on it...on purpose. Audiences: Hey, this "chocolate pudding" it just a pile of dog shit. We're not eating this. Sane studios: You're right. We're sorry. We'll do better. The mouse: It IS chocolate pudding and you'll eat it and you'll LIKE IT!
That reminds me of the part in fairly Oddparents when Timmy and Wanda were at a table between the bathroom and the kitchen and a waiter came out asking: “chocolate pudding?” Timmy: “that depends, which door did YOU come out of?” And later Billy “Crystalball” says: “that’s not really pudding” And Timmy just spits it out 😅 The 2 doors represent Disney’s remakes (the bathroom) and Disney’s classic animated films (the kitchen)
I am in complete awe of the talent of this reviewer. In terms of writing, tone, creativity, narration. Kudos good sir. Rapidly becoming my go to channel to stay informed about the cultural vandalization of our society, along with the Drinker. Simply fantastic.
In 2020 Disney brought the film rights to a Trinidadian musical called “Once On This Island” which was inspired by The Little Mermaid fairytale. But infused with Trinidadian mythology and culture and written by a Trinidadian woman named Rosa Guy. The musical is amazing, with great characters and fun and well written songs. So I’m four years they didn’t make that film, but instead another soulless cash grab to bank on nostalgia.
In Mulan , The Little Mermaid , Pinnochio and Peter Pan in the Remakes version The protagonist is portrayed for being too OP Its like eliminating the element of struggle which crucial for the hero of the story development and makes the audience even more sympathetic with their development , You Can't make a good story with a Hero that have no flaw
Aquafina is what happens when you have someone with no talent try harding to be a rapper and funny. Somehow she has been typecast as the annoying friend nobody really likes. Movies do have a habit of drafting talentless popular rappers into the film to leech some fans. And I am STILL amazed at people saying the "Scuttlebutt" was not that bad when it fails on so many levels. It fails on lyrics because "scuttlebutt" is the title for the water barrel used as the water cooler on a ship. So when she says "Have you heard the Scuttlebutt?" its like someone saying "Have you heard the water cooler?" Second it talks about "when the humans dress up as Penguins?" which references Tuxedos. Firstly, nobody would know what penguins are and secondly Tuxedos are not invented in this time period. So its trying to use modern word play in a classic setting. Like if I talked about watches in a medieval movie. It fails on the voice, which sounds like a grandma who has chain smoked since age 4. Even the other characters in the song dislike her. And yet, people are in SO Much denial that the princes song is worst.
I can't believe I'm playing devil's advocate for this film but the colloquial use of scuttlebutt for gossip and rumor is recognised sailor slang. I feel unclean
My father, who hasn't watched the remake and therefore has no knowledge of any additional songs, heard the Prince's song in isolation and outright said that it was crap.
@@TheWaterdog6 Scuttlebutt is absolutely a slang term for gossip/rumor. I don't care about this movie or this particular debate, but it is not even an obscure definition of the word.
They won't go bankrupt anytime soon. They own so much of all (produced) entertainment that as long as people do watch sth and noone else really produces a lot of new the money will just keep comming in. Busted copyright laws really help that.
We need a sequel. No, I'm not drunk. In the sequel Ariel and Eric go on a business trip instead of a honeymoon, and although neither of them is the brightest candle in the chandelier they quickly realise after living closely together for a week, that they're not a match, and what ensues is the adopted transmother of all anti-romcoms. - Eric is adopted, so he values the concept of a healthy happy family. His new wife ran away from her obviously pretty promiscuous, quick-tempered dad (all of his "daughters" look like they have different mothers and he does have violent outbreaks in front of her), and Ursula (as Triton's sister and thereby Ariel's aunt) was exiled from the family and tried to kill her. - What will the kids look like? And I'm not talking about skin colour. Given that they can breed at all (and that feminist Ariel is willing to), will her DNA show in the babies? Is she going to lay eggs? Will they have gills, fishtails or tentacles when they hatch? This is the... what, 18th or early 19th century? You can still be burnt as a witch or a demon in some places. In real life, the last woman who was accused of being a changeling in Scotland was born around the year 1910, and her village wanted to burn her when she was only a few months old. She was lucky and lived to give a TV interview. - Ariel may be an underwater princess, but she's very anti-patriarchy, so Eric being a prince is going to pi$$ her off. And he probably eats fish and other seafood pretty regularly. Knowing neo-Marxist morons like her, she won't forgive him that his species killed her mother, and she will absolutely try to destroy the land monarchy - just compare this to Harry Harkle and his Instagram loving b1tch wife, which btw, is a far more interesting story. - The whole setup is weird (and it already was in the animated movie, but it got much weirder): It's a Danish tale, so we're talking about the North Sea or Baltic Sea, but Triton is a sea god from Graeco-Roman (= Mediterranean) mythology. Ariel was originally the name of a male air spirit (and as such he features in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest") from Jewish lore (and it's the name of a German washing detergent, that works with oxygen bubbles). Now we don't just have a Mediterranean father and daughter of two vastly different ethnic and mythological backgrounds, who somehow made it to Danish waters - we've complicated the whole thing by taking them to a colonial Caribbean setting. I could go on about the actual trans subtext, that Hans Christian Andersen (the early 19th century author of the original fairytale) DID intend, about his non-Caribbean inspiration for this specific mermaid and her troubles, or about the fact, that Disney race-swapped a white character, although there is a perfectly good West African mermaid named Mami Wata, that they could have made a movie about... but I've already done that in other comments. This needs an ugly break-up murd*r sequel.
I remember when I was 16, I want my character to be a "strong woman". She was a mother who love food, fashion and try to save her kid no matter what. She sometime save the other and was save by the other, cause you cannot do everything alone. I love the fact that I have a better idea of "strong woman" at 16 years old than a lot of production team.
The reference to Himmler was superb - dark humour at its best, a slight stray across into the tasteless. It's stuff like that that I look forward to In These reviews. As a fellow Northern Irish man - there is just an indefinable caustic burn to our take on the world sometimes. Long may your channel continue.
You said it man, this one hurt me since the OG LM was one of my favorite movies as a young girl. They really are sadistic it breaks my heart 😢 and the Snow White casting is personal! I wasn't a Disney adult before but now I will try extra hard not to give Disney a penny.
@@holdencross5904 I used to be so obsessed with Ariel... Also what angers me is like as a girl we would all talk about mermaid hair being beautiful long and silky, they still market hair products for adults with "mermaid hair" to mean it will make it silky and they give Blaquriel brown DREADLOCKS like wtf they could've at the very least gave her a bright burgundy weave to look like silky Ariel hair.
Don't know how I'm only just now finding this channel, but Holy Lord am I glad I did. In 2024, to look back and see this video's sequence moving from She-Hulk to Velma to Netflix's Cleopatra... I literally fell out of my seat laughing. Great stuff.
Halle bailey had to take acting classes AFTER already being cast. That should tell you enough about her acting skills.
And that differs from the original cause they were like no you will hit those notes. Let’s get you up there.
No she didn’t, she’s been acting since she was a child. You’re making sht up lmao
@@witchplease9695 clearly not every well
Liar, she is a child actress who grew up in film and on stage. You can hate the film but what your not going to do is diminish her ability and talents
@@erikaeric8313I didn't lie. She said it. Halle bailey said it.Look it up. It's not my words, not rumours of anything. She actually said that she had to take acting classes after being cast to learn how to show emotions on her face. Her words not mine.
Also she was technically a child star but she was not Emma Watson. She barely had any lines, she usually always acted with her sister and was basically like her sister's sidekick and her acting NEVER had any dimensions (which is why she couldn't show emotion and had to take classes). She is barely a supporting character, just a random side character with little to no lines. Even in grownish where she was a supporting character, she was basically her sister's sidekick, didn't have dimensions in her acting and basically acted like herself and hence she was outshines by every other supporting character. Even Doug's character had more dimensions than her.
Now it's normal for actors to take classes before acting, in between acting and many actors never take classes at all. But who takes acting classes AFTER already being cast in a SIMPLE ROLE (cause let's face it, Ariel is not a difficult role, it's very simple) for something as elementary as showing emotions after being allegedly being hired for her "talent" in acting. Not someone hired due to talent.
She has no "talent" in acting. She is a good singer but if this is her acting after taking classes then I am afraid she is indeed a sub par actress.
I loved the original Eric because he wasnt a pompus, pussy wipped, prudish prince like all the others. He was so greatly written that his look of discust at his own heroric statue with all the trimmings of royalty immediately told you what kind of guy he was. He immediately went on the offensive and attacked and successfully killed the seawitch for messing with his girl. After the king Tritons downfall and Ariels capture, it was all down to him. Eric was the only disney prince who took part in the leading role in the events of the story and had a character arc of his own. He was kind-hearted, humble, passionate, and brave. A very masculine man.
They have completely demolished him.
I mean, a big part of his character and role in the story is that him killing Ursula and risking his life for Ariel proved to King Triton that humans could care.
I rewatched it with my dad after learning it was his favorite Disney movie and I was surprised to see that there's alot of lessons aimed at parents in the story.
For real, if they did the same thing with Sleeping Beauty, Aurora would kill the dragon while the prince cowers in the shadows.
Tru dat
They did him so bad,
All I could think of was,
*He was just a Ken, in a barbie's world.*
Eric was such a Chad. They took him rescuing Ariel away from that new version. That was such a tense scene with stakes.
These are the layers of hell Dante didn't write about
“Is this the sixth or seventh level of hell.”
- Nostalgia Critic, Son Of The Mask
Wait for Marvels Marvels and you wish a vacation in one of the rings of Dantes hell.
@@supersonic4901 no this is very very bottom of hell before you get to Paradise
@@chasehedges6775 and that Akwafina rap plays for all eternity
"The Horror! The Horror!" APOCALYPSE NOW
With "Under the Sea" they obviously didn't even listen to the lyrics when they made the visuals. There's a part with "The newt play the flute The carp play the harp..." In the animated original, you actually see each creature plays that musical instrument. Here, nothing happens.
I don’t think this would be possible in live action. Not without major CG
@@Iceblade269 This "live action" is mostly CG anyway
@ShikoTAG this movie is 90% cgi
Poor Walt, must be rolling over in his grave; He's the one who said the "Children should come out of the theatre SINGING their favorite song from the movie." Yipes. Halle does have a beautiful voice; yes but I still haven't heard a melody worth remembering. AND WRITERS CAN'T IMAGINE mermaids without including MEN or a SHIPWREAK?? Singing underwater usually produces bubbles, doesn't it ? Not even a gulp in the soundtrack? If you're going to rehash your own former works, the least you can do is ascertain which items to leave in-instead of deleting them!
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I apologize for not being woke enough to produce original materials that would appeal to Hollywood, and will probably be deemed to be racist; But I HAD to create MY "Little Blue Mermaid" as being " blue", because, unfortunately, logic played a major part in the "reasoning." The reasons behind that decision; Blue is the color that helps mermaids camouflage themselves while swimming in the oceans, so that the sharks can't see them well, and "Melody" is blue because she feels sorry for the Earth People... "Melody has a pet SeaPony, and I should apologize for not terming him a sea horse, so that others can understand from what the SeaPonies were derived(Surfer Boy) .I also apologize for "Melody's melodies, as they are actually appropriate for young children to adapt to, remember and, duh..actually SING.
"LyndaFayeS Little Blue Mermaid" musical for children, with three dimensional characters - And NO stories about sailors; I apologize, again, for coming up with an original story.
"The Great Awakening" the song from the dream...and not woke.
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I don't think that would be realistic genius
YES! As a theatre kid, I hated the lack of expression! Yes her singing is good, but her acting was stiff. Girl worked on this for 5 years and there was barely a change throughout the whole movie😭
Agreee.. because the OG Ariel was super fun, energetic and mischievous .. this one literally looked she was about to fall asleep 😅
Which is extra bad considering that for the majority of the movie, Ariel is mute and has to rely on her body language to communicate. Ironic, considering that was one of the "issues" they were supposed to be correcting.
Sadly, emotionless acting is very common with all of the terrible Disney live action remakes
This movie sums up everything wrong with modern day Disney. A greedy Soulless corporate entity that just takes good ideas from the past and a destroys them. It’s truly heartbreaking and sad
Think that's been already demonstrated with Mulan.
@@itsblitz4437 The 2020 remake, I hope.
The 1998 original is still awesome
@@chasehedges6775 well yes, clearly the 2020 film.
The question is not if Disney has lost its soul, but when
My mom says that if walt Disney was alive and saw what has happened to his franchise he would have another heart attack
Ok, the fact they cut out the French chef scene is unforgivable.
Really?
PETA would have had a field day if such a scene was included in the live action film.
Yes, but it's one less agony to endure and René Auberjonois can rest in peace.
@@madamefluffy4788 does anyone really care what PETA thinks
I mean. Do you really want to see that in cgi
You know that if Melissa McCarthy is the least detestable character in your movie you know you fucked up
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The drinker said this
@@aessedai2739 Is he wrong?
Yeah. Her casting as Ursula was the only good thing I gave the movie.
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They did not even include the "Daughters of Triton" where Ariel's sisters sing in the beginning to introduce her. It is my FAVORITE PART of the whole movie since I was a child. I can't forgive Disney for this!
Same. Loved that scene.
@@frosty711 "Ah we are the daughters of Triton, great father who loves us and named us well."
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"Aquata!" "Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah."
"Andrina!" "Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah."
"Arista!" "Ah-ah-ah."
"Atina!" "Ah-ah-ah."
"Adella!" "Ah-ah-ah."
"Allana!" "Ah-ah-ah."
"And then there is the youngest in her musical debut. Our seventh little sister, we're presenting her to you. To sing a song Sebastian wrote, her voice is like a bell! She's our sister, Ari-"
"*A bunch of gasps*"
"Ariel!"
@@ChildOfCosmos omg yes a very iconic intro fr fr unmatched
Yeah, that would have been nice to see.
Halle’s singing is good, but her singing in this movie is like those over the top national anthem covers.
Yah
IN THE LAAAA-AND OF THE FREEEEEEEEEE
AND THE HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
(BTW, there's seriously someone in showbiz called Halle Bailey who didn't even use her middle name or make up a stage name when there's already a Halle Berry? Does she have any idea how many old people she's going to confuse, starting with me? Does she hate Asians so much since they'll pronounce both names the exact same? Fvcking disgusting.)
Exactly this!
Eric also saved the men on his ship as it was going down, not to mention the fact of him saving Ariel show Triton what human's werent all evil and that his daughter was in safe hands.
and the fact Ariel saves Eric initially as well. It's not like the older Disney 'prince rides by, sees girl in glass coffin and kisses her' without any rhyme or reason to who in the hell this random creep is or why he wants to kiss dead women on glass coffins.
Ya then she had to tell triton that he helped to, like don't forget to give the silly white boy some credit as well. All he did was graze ursulas shoulder, then act as a distraction for big tough ariel to take her out.
@@kinagrill Snow white the movie the Prince already knew her. They flirted in the beginning of the movie.
Oh man, really? it's like, 20 years since I saw the thing... so you might be right.@@wimsylogic65
It was good. The movie was great
6:32 Apparently the writers did that because they thought it would be cool for Triton to have a daughter native to each of the Seven Seas. Bet they feel kind of dumb given what that implies.
Nah, they did that for merchandising.
They already have toys out featuring a different colored mermaid for everyone.
But how could he have children? He has no.... Tool!
@@Eduardo_Ventura I have no idea and I don't wanna know.
@@thefanwithoutaface8105 Claspers.
Turns out King Triton is Queen Triton... that means he got banged in the 7 seas. And we all know what that Trident actually is, no wonder Ursula wants it.
My grandmother told me, "i don't care what they tell you in school, Ariel is black"
And they didnt tell you granma had dementia😅
Well played. Good one.
IM CRYING
Except in China, where she's blue.
@@DespotofAntrim no guys, she's Trans.....Translucent 🤪
I really hate what they did to the love story between Ariel and Eric. If they wanted to leave out the "love" and make her black they could've just used the Mami Wata, the mermaid from African mythology. Much like Anansi they could adopt almost any telling since, much like European deities her behaviour differed from tale to tale.
The "love" is vital component in The Little Mermaid since, in the original tale, she DOESN'T win the prince's love. The original Disney animated followed it up to the prince meeting another woman, but instead of the mermaid winning back his love, he announces he's marrying the other woman and the mermaid throws herself back into the water to die.
It was especially heartwrenching since it stated that every step felt like she was walking on knives and she was dancing for him, in the hope he'd recognize her.
Also, I could've played a better Sebastian. That was one of the reasons I got into my guild when I played World of Warcraft. During the test raid I ran, the second I started talking on Skype people started saying I sounded like Sebastian and pestering me to sing Under the Sea...which I caved and did. But only after we killed Illidan for the first time :D.
Also, that's not a Caribbean accent. It's an exaggerated JAMAICAN accent. But don't feel bad, we know most think we all speak like that.
I understand what your sayin
But I liked what they did to the love story because it has development instead of them just automatically being in love and Eric having no personality
@@Juliasvault That's the problem, Eric HAD a personality. In this one he didn't. In the original he was the kind of prince you typically see in mangas of today...basically TLM animated was ahead of it's time.
He was not the typical spoilt prince, instead he was the kind that got along with the common folks while irking the upper crust with his behavior. You see this in his reaction to the statue and the talk about his failed arranged marriage.
He thinks for himself and isn't prone to giving into the whims of others. Which makes Ursula taking control of his mind particularly nasty.
@@RyanEX2000 I feel in the original he didn’t, as he was all open to marrying Ursula/Venessa, he also wasn’t very outgoing ect.
In the live action ver he was outgoing and acted like a normal human, got along with his people, and more
You also see Eric and Ariel’s relationship develop, as Ariel was already in love with him, and he had to fall for her.
I get what your saying about everything but as a whole I really enjoyed the movie when if I’m the only one.
@@Juliasvault the Vanessa shit was because he was bewitched bud. You can see in the animation that his pupils have a gold dot in them to show Vanessa’s control. It was part of his personality that he was shy which has kiss the girl have more importance. They need to push him to kiss her because she wants him to kiss him, leans in closed her eyes, lips out and he hesitates! Then the song and getting her name from Sebastian breaks his shyness. Plus the dumbassery of the oh you forget this contract (ARGHHHHHH! Who would sign a contract knowing you’d forget about it. If they are trying to FIX (the almost perfect OG) that is not it! No one would sign a contract knowing it is entirely rigged.) It sucks. I’m not hating on you man if you enjoy it go ahead but please don’t think the backlash is undeserved with the butchering of the original. If they had kept to the original to a T (and in animation) and just improved Eric slightly like you’ve said cause sure he could’ve been better. Im sure people would’ve loved to see it again as it was. Cause I’ll agree yeah he wasn’t 10/10 but he was an 8 or 9 but that doesn’t excuse the girl boss crap that undermines his character and his character’s end development of risking his ass to save Ariel from being SMITED and proving to Triton (another issue altogether as he was THANOS’D when in the original he takes Ariel’s place on the contract. Plus Triton’s character is just bad in general just snaps whereas the original had reason and even him feeling guilty and even asking Sebastian if he was being too harsh!) that humans aren’t all that bad and coincidentally getting Triton to let his youngest daughter go and be happy.
@@RyanEX2000 i think you got it switched up m8...
The 1989 movie was 85 minutes long. This movie is 135. That's a 60% increase. How the hell did they waste that much time?
That's astonishing. Especially when you consider the key plot points they *removed*, such as Ariel's romance with the prince.
I can't wait for Snow Not-White to come out.
Soot Black, you mean? Vulcanic Ash?
They should cast black actress to play The Evil Queen, so that she can hv a reason to be mad about when she asked the mirror.
Hispanic… despite it seems they don’t care about source material. Like skin as white as snow and god damn Andersen’s book describing her as white
That's a weird way of saying bro white
Can’t wait for another Snow White movie starring Shaq and calling it Snow Black
When Ariel screamed "Black lives matter'" and burned down Prince Eric's home because he misgendered zher... man, I had to cry on my wife's boyfriend's shoulder.
😂😂😂😂
We wuz kangz of da sea n sheeeit
That was the funniest comment I’ve ever read. Thank you
I know! The audience in our theater stood up and applauded for ten minutes straight!
When Ariel screamed " BLM", Skuttlebutt yelled back" They bankrupt'd, you sea ho!!"😁
I can't wait for Worst of Woke awards 2024! This movie will surely be nominated for a few categories.
❤ I thought and felt the same. I hope that Anne Boleyn and Haakon Sigurdsson get dishonorable mentions against Netfux’s Mizz Cleopatra. The Worst of Woke Awards is going to be something to truly behold, Hollyweird is tripping over itself to make our Despot’s job hard.
Me too! 😂
You 'n me both, pal.
@@brockdavid Cleopatra is a shoe-in for worst of the year! I'm genuinely excited, it's gonna face some stiff competition.
I predict that This will win Worst Film and Netflix Queen Cleopatra will win Worst Series
1989 LM is a colorful, well paced and overall catchy film, that while different from the original tale is changed with purpose to make a complete artistic vision with it's own message. It is coherent on many levels. This I can say about most all classic Disney films whether I like them or not, with only some exceptions like The Black Caldron. None of these things were done in this 2023 version, or in most LARs.
This movie is dark and generally ugly, overly long, with no clear message or artistic direction that makes at best a mid-film that will satisfy the tasteless who are pleased with everything, but offer not even the pantomime of substance as the 89 version does. Changes are made to the narrative, but the rest of the story is not refit to account for these differences even though they shift both the tone of the events and the characterization of it's leads. Small changes make big differences in the overall feel and message of each scene which compound into big problems.
And to make it worse they cast a controversial main lead purely for marketing purposes and have the nerve to make a movie that is incredibly unflattering to her, highlighting neither her talent or beauty. Change her--fine. Ariel is just a character from a film that did not adapt the source material very well to begin with (which I don't think is a flaw by the way, the HCA story is not very compelling IMO, it is overly angsty and lacking in contrast and narrative weight because of it. The best part is the sea witch, which the 89 version captured the character of well). But like every other race change, the new character is not as beautiful or charismatic as the original, which is of no fault of the actors but the writing and directing. Good actors do as their told, and she was not told how to do this role well by the script, the CG director, the music director, or the main director.
Those who this comment was originally meant for that I won't waste the words on, but will still post for the algorithm, do not seem to understand the value of fairy tales, or stories in general, with how quick they are to dismiss criticism of so called "children's media" by saying it is for children. Even though this media is explicitly for families not children. And by families, they mean to say a movie for everyone and anyone--the whole of the human family. These stories are meant to appear simple, but become deeper and more meaningful the more thought is put into them, and often as the stories grow with us through life we can see what wisdom was hidden in them all along.
But is it the worst movie of the year, probably not. But to me it is worse because of that. If it were unspeakably bad, full of in-your-face propaganda which spoke loudly what it was to everyone, then it would be something unique. This is just another bland piece of new Disney, which walks around saying anything while correcting things that were "wrong" before, and by doing that the Disney overlords who approved every frame of this ugly excuse for a movie tell us exactly what the purpose of these films are--and it's not just making money.
I thought her performance was going to be beyond amazing since they defended the decision of her being Ariel so bad ! To the point that they would race swap but … come on she was not very good
She and the rest of the main cast was so bland in their acting, that the movie became boring to watch, even the action scenes were so underwhelming, and I ended up skipping through 70 percent of the movie.
Here's a perfect example of good vs bad music. When you played the new "part of your world" I was mindlessly eating my lunch at work. But when you played that short bit of Mozarts piece, I actually got a bit of chills and stopped eating to watch it. I wasn't planning on any of this. It was just totally involuntary physical actions to something made by a genius vs something made by a committee board room.
Yes
We also get those sensations listening to the songs from hand-drawn Disney classics. Nowadays, barely.
Amazing. I read this forgot and it still happened.
I love when I have a physical, visceral reaction to powerful music! I only met one other person who gets the chills from certain songs! I’ve never seen this, but I love the original “Part of their World” and “Under the Sea” , I even taught myself how to play the latter on the piano at 11 yrs old. But just from listening to the remake clips on this video, I’m left totally underwhelmed.
Oooohh, that a cappella version was excellent!
It just occurred to me that Eric mistaking Ursula's human form for his savoir is less believable in LAR18 because of the difference in skin tone between the actresses. But then again, _modern audiences_ wouldn't like seeing a dark skinned villain, would they?
It would have been believable if Some Guy was hypnotized like in the original but he wasn't, or if he was, the movie didn't convey it well. Eric was clearly dead to the world, with a robotic voice and not even acknowledging Ariel's existence when he has accepted that he loved her the night before.
But Some Guy was still wrestling with his feelings for Aufma; he's even looking for her during his engagement party with Vanessa. The fact that he was doubtful of being with Vanessa but still went to the trouble of getting engaged with her actually pissed me off when I watch the movie. How can someone be that stupid?
@@lmahu6627 y'all are genuinely braindead lmfao it's beyond obvious he was hypnotized dude
High Evolutionary
@@lmahu6627
He was bewitched by Ursula's stolen siren voice.
But Ursula could hardly hold onto that bewitchment, since Eric's true feelings tried to break out.
@@Gaia_Seraphina But that's the problem. Ursula is displayed as being a powerful sea witch and bewitching Eric would mean he shouldn't be pining for Ariel because he'd be 100% under Ursula's control.
By having him conflicted over marrying Vanessa or being with Ariel ruins that plot point entirely; as it implies that Ursula's suddenly not as powerful as was earlier implied.
The biggest thing I hate about this movie is how boring it looks. Animation will always be superior to live action as there is literally nothing you can't do with animation. The Little Mermaid isn't my favorite Disney movie by any stretch but I can respect that it's animation is gorgeous to look at and clearly visually impressive as well as that it took a lot of work to make, which is why so many people loved it and continue to love it.
Live Action Little Mermaid looks like every other Live Action movie with obvious CGI sets, props and even water. If a live action Little Mermaid was made in the 90s they'd atleast show scenes under actual water and at actual locations so even if it didn't look as good as the original you can at least say it looks impressive because of the sets, props and locations. But Disney doesn't even attempt to do that much, just CGI everywhere.
They literally made flounder look like a real life fish with NO EXPRESSIONS. Dumb idea!
I absolutely loved it.
It's especially funny because James Cameron basically stole all their thunder not long ago; as much as it sucks in every other department, Avatar 2 was gorgeous and seamlessly blended CGI and real life.
The Little Mermaid was the last animated Disney movie made the old way: cells, human artists drawing the characters, inbetweeners, and the traditional Disney multi-plane camera
I still remember when in middle school we were studying the history of animation and we compared the little mermaid with Cinderella and Snow White and how the animation evolved from stiff, simple animation to the fluidity that Ariel hair had, especially in the underwater scenes. I love to see that evolution, but now it's like we're evolving just backward. Like we know from James Cameron's Avatar 2 that cgi water scenes can be done splendidly, yet Disney gave us a dull ocean that didn't look like it was made for children at all. I didn't mind that much the actress for Ariel, since talent isn't something basen on your skin color, but seeing how she lost the iconic red color I felt sad, like a piece was missing. I'm sure I might not be the only one saying this, but the movie could have been better if politics stayed out of the picture and idk maybe do original stories instead of repurpose a franchise that ended well and should have stayed in our childhood memories
19:29 The one you can't remember is the telepathic song she sings when she is supposed to be mute, "For the First Time." That one is pretty ridiculous to be honest. She knows what gravity and corsets are but still calls forks dinglehoppers for some reason. It seemed to me that she was so bad at portraying emotion with no voice, they had to insert the only thing she was good at, singing. It is also pretty funny that for the whole song she just keeps saying "Look at me!"
28:30 I'm no sailor but I have watched videos about it before. And what they show Halle Bailey do would not have worked. In order for a ship to go straight, you have to turn the wheel back and forth constantly, especially in choppy water like that. Eric demonstrates that in the cartoon. Bailey just tosses the wheel to one side. The ship would have probably just kept spinning before falling into the vortex.
28:49 That scene where they are talking to the Queen, she actually says "Our worlds has misunderstood one another for far too long. Your marriage marks a new beginning for us." So they do actually get married. It is just off camera and a throw away line because they can't celebrate marriage in front of "modern audiences." Lol
Thank. Very informative. I was so bored in the cinema there was quite a bit that I missed.
@@DespotofAntrim I was pretty bored myself. But with movies this bad, I usually entertain myself with questioning the parts that stood out to me. lol
Correct. You steer one way to start turning, and then have return to center, at a minimum. Same with cars, which my little sister learned the hard way when I first let her drive my car when she was 15. Turned and just kept turning, into a snowbank. Didn't think I needed to tell her that you have to turn back again, so I learned something as well. Never assume they know.
I think the main problem is that, this movie should never had been live action in the first place. You can use CGI all you want and make it the best you can, but the magic that is from the original being drawn in hand drawn animation, will never and can never be replaced or redone.
the ending was changed from Eric proving to King Triton that humans are good by killing Ursula but now the independent women kills Ursula which ruins the message of the movie
Also ocean-magic happens that can turn a vaporized Triton back to life... yet it is unable to be used to bring back Ariel's mother.
Redeeming humanity can’t happen if it makes the point that men deserve to exist. That’s not the Disney vision, sorry.
The best actress in the movie is the lady who plays Ursula’s human form.
Id say SHE-Rock at 0:12 and at 10:48
I thought Mcarthy was a good Ursula but I think not having Kathy Bates was a crime
@@billmcdermott9647
Oh you couldn't DRAG Kathy Bates into this s**t!
@@billmcdermott9647 Kathy Bates would've made a deliciously evil Ursela.
@@billmcdermott9647 They should have brought DIVINE back from the dead using necromancy (Disney has the money 🤑)
For me it has nothing to do with the casting. For me its about Howard Ashman. Disney/Menken erasing his legacy, songs, and themes.
Without Howard Ashman, there would be no Disney Renaissance. I cant in good heart support that.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Government uses the "Skuttlebutt" song as a new torture method.
It’s the next stepping stone for the woke left. After they go after the straight white men, they go after the gay white men, then white women and so on and so forth.
I feel like Menken did it at gunpoint ie: thinly veiled threats.
If you listen to the commentary on og Little Mermaid or heck og Beauty and The Beast, they were works of passion for the two long time collaborators Ashman/Menken. Menken had a lot of respect and reverence for Ashman and was quite broken up at his passing. So this feels like the strong arm of Disney execs.
Funny how Disney is all about "gay pride" but erases bits of lyrics made by Ashman, that they found "problematic" in TLM.
In addition, Disney is trying desperately to make Menken and Miranda the new Disney duo while completely forgetting about how Menken and Ashman were the original duo. I just find it extremely off in how they hired Miranda to essentially replace Ashman when his style and goals in music are nothing like Ashman and what he would have wanted i.e. Skuttlebutt
@@greenesmyfavcolor9742 sorry I love Menken but the fact is I dont see Menken and Miraada becoming the next Lennon and McCartney of Disney songs if Lin is paid for a cringey rap.
Not even the next Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of writing
@@Thomasmemoryscentral I don’t see it either but Disney certain does. I’ve seen so many interviews and articles painting them to be this new super duo for Disney which is simply not the case. They only worked on one bad live action remake. Menken and Ashman worked with each other years prior to Disney and essentially saved the company so Miranda is no where near comparable to Ashman’s influence
It honestly felt like a small budget movie that I was watching ..the CGI was horrible , the set of the palace and small sea town looked like , well , a set and the costumes looked cheap and tacky..and I fast paced many boring scenes until the end ..the actress had a good voice ..she just didn't feel like the little mermaid , she was just a mermaid ..
Halle Bailey is such a beautiful singer.
Imagine the impact she could have had if Disney did 2 seconds of research and learned that our west African ancestors have mermaid lore that has yet to be put on a big screen.
Nope, they want us to accept a 30 year old hand me down.
Just be grateful they didn’t wreck a whole nother cultures folklore to make a bad movie. They had the decency to ruin their own proud heritage, which is sad enough. Well, whatever. Cashgrabbin time again.
@@animula6908 except no it’s insulting to none brain dead Europeans. I’m British and it disgusts me since I was raised with folklore of mermaids and such. Especially European tales.
Exactly! They should have just made an entirely different story, there is Haitian mermaid folklore too, stop doing this shit. I’m black too and I can’t stand it! It’s literally like a freaking hand me down
@@Arguewityamama yes!!
i'd love to see a movie about Yasuke, the mozambican slave who became a samurai.
i mean, just saying that out loud is epic af
WAIT. Wendy SLAPS Peter? Now that is a vile double standard I didn’t even know about!
Its empowering... so they say. Male characters need to be put in their place. So says the ideology and Disney cares more about that than they do money.
It's because nobody watched the travesty that was Peter Pan remake aka the Wendy girlboss movie. Of course Peter Pan is played by a total lifeless faced cuck who has no acting ability as well.
Just imagine if it had been the other way round...
Yes and not just any slap. Its a full body pivot, thunderclap of kinetic energy the force of which could split an atom kind of a slap .. i was like HOLY HELL! daaayuum
@@charg1nmalaz0r51 Stephanie McMahon would be proud.
I don't know what unspeakable things Awkwafina has had to do to get a career in Hollywood, but it must have been something truly depraved.
If Nancy Reagan was known as the BJ QUEEN OF HOLLYWOOD, I'd shudder to think what Aquafina has had to do to get gigs in Tinseltown (Something German no doubt)
@@insertnamehere5809the most elastic brownhole in Hollywood? Strongest kegels?
Free at last, lots of swallowing
Free at last , awkwafeena is seriously butt fugly
The same things Ezra Miller does, but with less crimes (that we know of).
Technically "Scuttle" (Ariel's secret surface dwelling friend who would interpret the various human artifacts she'd find) in the remake isn't even a seagull, but a gannet; which is a similar looking, but lesser known, species of marine diving bird that doesn't directly interact with humans like seagulls do. Also Fun Fact: 'The Scuttlebutt' was written by none other than Lin-Manuel Miranda... yes, THAT Lin-Manuel Miranda
Bruh, the same guy who wrote 'We don't talk about Bruno' wrote that nonsense?
@champ the same guy who wrote all of Hamilton wrote this nonsense.
@@champ1159 at least scuttlebutt wont chart on billboard
That makes a lot of sense. Horrific.
He is a hack
This movie was so empty and soulless that I don't even have anything to say about it...
*It exists and that's bad enough.*
It's a bit bizarre to know, thanks to the Nostalgia Critic's recent video, that the woman they had act out Ariel's actions as a basis for the animators of the original version, acted better than this woman; and she wasn't even going to be IN the movie at all, she was just helping the artists get an idea of how to draw the scenes. Ariel's amazing expressions are a huge part of the animated version and why I loved the movie as a kid. She's more expressive when mute than most people are with voice.
Although I honestly think the Peter Pan remake is worse, with it's offensive pandering and outright destruction of it's own story. It's aggressively bad, not just a boring failure.
It makes me happy to see comments acknowledging this. Ariel's expressiveness was also one of the reasons I loved her so much as a child. Watching the remake made me feel like Disney didn't understand what made the original Ariel so special.
The fact that you use the NC as a source is as bad as this remake.
@@Mildredpotka NC isn't the source, the actual footage of actress Sherri Stoner is the source. You're reaching way too hard here.
@@missmerbella shut it. U CANT EVEN COOK
She didn’t even like the silly boy, she’s just hunting for a green card.
I still wonder why a black mermaid would want anything to do with the human world in the 1800s when slavery was still going strong... unless that Carribbean spot shown is specifically Haiti... and then I wonder why there's ANY whitefolk cuz death to the slavemasters and all that back then when they liberated themselves.
Or his money
Bruh 😭😭😂😂
ok thats just rude
Look at how bland they look together and tell me they are in love. Both actors were there for a check and that was it. It was a phoned in performance that if it wasn't a Disney film, would be shat on all over MSM just like it was on SM.
9:45 What’s even more ridiculous is that the actress who was the runner up for the role was Tony nominated for her role in the musical Once On This Island which is… a Caribbean Haitian Voodoo retelling of the OG Little Mermaid.
That’s crazy
@@dumpertron1 The fact the Disney bought the movie rights and not prioritised it is what pissed me off even more.
Or they could have gone with Inspired By and set it on an alien world - humanity fell long ago into dark ages, this waterworld planet's people had chosen to do genetic modification to fit their world better, generations later and we have merfolk.
In comes visitors from space - humans, neo-feudalistic now due to the cultural collapse, and they create an outpost. Some royalty-dude's vessel (Prince Eric Analogue) malfunctions and crashes into the ocean, we can have our space-ariel save him, and do a lot of nods and story-moments paying tribute to the inspired-by material.
It'd be a very interesting movie imo. Like the Avatar to Pocahontas, so to speak.
who was this runner up actress and why was this lifeless faced Hailey Bailey chosen ahead of her?
@@veeclash4157 She’s called Hailey Kilgore and played Ti Moune who is the Ariel equivalent to the musical.
May i also point out this: in the original, the prince isn't noticed so kraken sized ursula didnt have the time to react and easily destroy the ship with a flick of a single tentacle, in this movie, because of course you need that type of scene, ursula *SEES* ariel, has about 15 seconds to react, proceeds to do nothing other than allow ariel to stab her.
That victory is so pathetically weak, its unearned, ariel wasn't smart because she knew her foe was focused on something else and had no reason to suspect a random ship carcass to do anything so it took advantage of the situation, she was handed the victory by... god, i guess
Oh, good! I'm not the only one who noticed Ursula just watched the ship come her way/did nothing to stop it from killing her. XD
Ariel saving the day is a blatant Mary Sue moment - given 1) she had never sailed a ship in her life; so would have no idea what a helm was for. 2) had no legs to stand on (which are needed to brace oneself when steering a ship 3) just spun the helm in one direction and didn't need to keep it on course (it just magically stayed on course, despite the violently choppy seas and no one manning the helm) and 4) Ursula's dimbulb moment as she stupidly watched the ship plow its way towards her and did nothing to knock it away from her.
How is anyone rooting for Ariel's girl boss moment when it's just that stupidly written?
@@madamefluffy4788 something something misoginy they would tell you.
In the original, another detail is that eric is constantly fighting the current of the FUCKING GIAN ASS VORTEX, you see him struggling to keep a carcass en route towards ursula, it is a moment of tension because you fear for ariel whom, the scene was a back and forth, eric saves her (when ursula is about to attack her he yeets the harpoon), she saves eric (by redirecting ursulas blast), she helps him out of the water before he suffocates, he saves her by impaling ursula, this moment shows both as badasses who are in love with each other so much so that a cecaelia who just became the goddess of the oceans doesn't scare them into paralysis, but instead makes them willing to risk their lives for each other, this movie is shallow as fuck, there is NONE of that here, who was ursula even focusing on?!
@@michelecastellotti9172 The ship, clearly!
Maybe Ursula was stupefied by the fact that a mermaid with no sailing experience (and no legs to keep her steady, even if she did) was trying to sail a ship, that it caused her to mentally snap at the stupidity of it all and was unable to react in time to save her own miserable life (Hell, makes more sense than just thinking she stood there and watched the approaching ship just because there was nothing better for her to do).
The fact that Ariel accepts credit for killing Ursula is bad enough (because just watching the scene shows it was entirely based on dumb luck rather than any skill whatesover on Ariel's part); but the nerve of Ariel to tell Triton that Eric helped in taking Ursula down when the most he had done was throw a harpoon at her before getting ensnared in ropes shortly thereafter was just adding insult to injury. And Triton, the colossal doorknob that he is, accepts her at her word.
The revised script sounds likes a poorly written fanfic written by a self proclaimed feminist.
@@madamefluffy4788 your reasoning would make sense actually, too bad me and you both know thats not the case.
What did we expect from the company that made PETER PAN POINT A FUCKING SABER BETWEEN A BUNCH OF CHILDRENS TROATHS SOCLOSE HE COULD'VE EASILY SLIPPED 2 OF THEM BY ACCIDENT? This movie is horrible, they ruined my favourite scene: the one with ariels sisters, i loved that scene because it alone tells you everything on each member of the family! THATS THE SCENE THAT INTRODUCES YOU TO TRITON
@@michelecastellotti9172 I hope you mean the '89 film and not this eyesore of a movie. XD (to be clear - in regards to the 2023 film, the diversity in the sisters doesn't bother me; the fact they expect the audience to believe they are all biologically related to the same mother and father does).
I love that you call these movies just LAR with a number.
That’s what Disney does
The thing that bothers me the most about the lyric change is the lyric “if the time is right and the time is tonight.”
Uh Sebastian? THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW. Why are you acting as if you have time to be like “oh well if the time is right, then it’s fine.” You don’t have time to be timid about this when Ariel’s life is on the line. And it also makes no sense because the rest of the song is the same with the urgency but that lyric is like “oh we should be considerate of the time and see if it’s right…” BRO if we don’t get this guy to kiss her, she is basically going to die tomorrow. We don’t have time to treat like this like a vacation itinerary.
And also it just drags on for so long. It’s like listening to a complete slog. Kiss the Girl was my favorite song after Under the Sea so this just sucks.
ALSO by removing the best musical part of poor unfortunate souls, you are missing the point of what Ursula is doing. And what is she doing? She is MANIPULATING ARIEL BY FEEDING HER FALSE INFORMATION. It has nothing to do with the movie’s opinion of women. It has to do with Ursula taking advantage of Ariel’s naïveté by falsely telling her losing her voice won’t matter when obviously it’s the obstacle keeping Eric from recognizing her.
God these people are so fucking stupid.
Its funny how Scuttle has to rap to a BLACK woman in order to explain to her what was going on.
Funny how the lone black in Live Action Aladdin was a slave.
I find it disturbing that a rap is happening in what is basically the 1800s.
@@kinagrill I find it disturbing that Rap is happening.
what i find disturbing is grown adults acting like children grow up
@@Shakeerah What I find disturbing is the lack of punctuation and capitalization. Grow up.
Awkwafina sounds like they recorded her audio in a literal desert and the producers forgot to bring water for (the sounds of hell).
She always sounds like that.
Her throat must resemble the scuzziest, disgusting ashtray you can possibly imagine.
Her voice in general makes my ears bleed
Her rap are annoying
She always is in need of a bottle of water! Perhaps even… Dasani?
Ariel wasn't blk. Everybody knows she was Macedonian Greek. 😂
King Triton is Poseidon's son so Ariel being Greek is actually accurate.
Listen here, I don't care WHAT they taught you in school...
@@DSKekaha ...chickens is technically dinosaurs! 😂
@@DSKekaha"Ariel was black"
This whole thread is life giving 😂😂😂
I'm actually surprised they didn't tried to make Ursula the morally grey/misunderstood type of villain that gets redeemed at the end like Toy story 4, and the true bad guy wasn't Tritone. I was shocked!
Whenever I hear of another Disney remake, I imagine Walt Disney spinning in his grave at Mach speed. The man was a national treasure. I just don’t understand how a company/brand can have such malice towards the person who made them what they are in the first place.
Well it fits the pattern with Lucas and all the rest. I guess when your goal is to tear down and subvert existing culture it doesn't do to be too favorable towards them. And obviously you have to tear it all down, its right in the instruction manual. Can't replace what's there until it's gone, and then you install your own structure in the vacuum that's left. Same reason the Soviets and Chinese tried very hard to destroy the existing cultures and traditions. There can only be The State, no distractions. Although they have altered that somewhat to the Corporate/State duogemony, where they both form halves of the diad. I don't even think that's crazy conspiracy talk any more, that definitely seems to be where we are going.
If Remade Prince Eric were removed from this version of the story, it would hardly matter. Remade Ariel is primarily interested in the world above the ocean, not Eric in particular. Eric does not save Ariel, thereby earning King Triton's respect and changing his mind about humans, as in the source material. In fact, he does nothing useful.
Leftists ignore that criticism because it contradicts their claims of racism.
and this is exactly a picture, some want to give us, or indoctrinate even : women don't need or want men anymore. men are useless and it is not a strong female personality trait to seek love in and with a partner (plus, only of usual opposite sex - how boring has ThAT become!?).
I haven't seen the movie, but I have seen a scene by scene comparison between Animated Ariel and Halle Bailey, and the difference is night and day. Jodi Benson clearly sounds like she's trying to be as expressive as possible and the animation really plays up how dynamic Ariel is both in expression and energy. Halle Bailey might be able to sing, which even then I doubt somewhat thanks to countless forms of audio editing, but when she acts, she constantly sounds like she's half asleep or phoning it in.
And people are trying to say this is better than an animated Disney Classic.
please. now i know the people in this comment section are racist because you could’ve picked anything to have a problem with and you choose her SINGING? 😭 firstly, she has sung the songs completely live and sounds just as incredible. secondly, halle is a better singer. obviously i’m speaking in terms of technical ability, it’s ur opinion which voice u prefer, but vocally she has better range, pitch, colour, tone etc. thirdly, obviously this is a subjective opinion but acting like there was no expression in her voice is insane to me. her vocal performance of part of your world was far superior as she did a much better job of conveying the longing ariel has to be human with the powerful notes jodi could not hit.
as i said, you can prefer whichever voice you want but stating that the difference between jodi & halle is night & day is just laughable. i don’t even think you genuinely believe that yourself. i personally wasn’t a fan of the movie so i watched this video expecting an unbiased review - not this ‘woke people are taking over waah’ drab whining. the comment about doubting her ability based on audio editing yet not holding jodi to that same standard was so nasty & mean spirited.
hate this movie because you genuinely didn’t enjoy it, not because you clung at straws to find reasons for ur hatred other than not liking that a black person was cast as the made up mermaid
@@MassiveGamingBeast bro the movie is shit and no one likes it, get over it
@@MassiveGamingBeast This is not American Idol it's a musical, chill out.
Also cool it with the racism as you can clearly see at the box office Miles Morales clearly has no trouble selling tickets because he's not a black Peter Parker.
@@MassiveGamingBeast it's amazing how a person can deliver so many wrong statements in rapid fire succession but congratulations, you did it!
@@MassiveGamingBeast siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimp
but hey, now we have a black Ariel so all is good right.......right?
Can we stop with the Live Action?
Unfortunately, Disney wont ever learn
Disney would answer that they won't until we get a live action adaptation of strange world.
Nope, next up is a Snow White movie starring a hispanic woman. Even with a character so named because of her soft WHITE SKIN.
@AshCosgrov if it ( definitely) flops, they have their " Blame List" ready. Starting with " Toxic fans" to " racism".😁
@@AshCosgrove not Disney but a live action of How To Train a Dragon got announced aswell. 🤢
I once saw a black woman complaining about this movie race swapping
Mainly because Disney appears to specifically race swapping gingers/red heads for blacks, in doing so excluding a group for another group that have the spot light A LOT these days.
As a natural ginger, I have to agree, I was bullied for being ginger and not considered attractive at school, excluding red heads in movies ain't going to help gingers getting bullied, but what do I know, I'm a white girl who has to dye my hair now to hide my ginger due to bullying trauma🙃
Í Love redheads don't hide your hair take care of it and it will look beautiful
I am glad you inserted the Koreans into this video. It is ironic that Asians take more offense to Disney's dismantling of European culture than the gaslit average American/Western response of "Oh i dont care abour them making her black. AS LONG AS THE FILM IS GOOD!!!" cuckery.
The Egyptians are suing on behalf of a Greek/European Cleopatra. The Asians are boycotting Disney films that erase White characters.
Arabs have spoken out to thank the British musuem for preserving African art that the locals basically vandalized and pillaged.
Americans and Western Europeans? "OHHHHHH I DONT CARE AS LONG AS THE MOVIE IS GOOD"
Just sad
Ursula literally is the only thing that looks good in this movie from what I'm seeing so far in this video.
Well, this is the villain we’re talking about here
When you say 'good'...?
@@30noir well she wasnt bad. One of only two people in this that actually tried which is surprising because i didnt expect Melissa McKraken to display a good character
You nailed it with your breakdown of the comparison of songs between the original and the remake. Good lord! The live action remake is void of life.
I'm still trying to figure out what was the point behind Ariel singing 'Part of that World' when Ariel had never once ventured to the surface prior to spotting Eric's ship sailing overhead, which only happened 'after' she sang her song on longing. How is she pining for a world she's never seen/experienced first hand - especially considering she was raised believing humans are cruel creatures who destroy their precious coral reefs with their shipwrecks and murdered her mother (why would anyone pine to be part of a world like that?).
At least in the OG story, she was fascinated by the stories her sisters would share about their respective trips to the surface (which made her eager to see it for herself) and the '89 animated film had her sneaking off to spy on humans/learn more about them prior to spotting Eric's ship (she was naturally curious and disobeyed her father's rules on numerous occasions - given how he scolds her/reminds her of the dangers of the human world). In this one, she's pining for a world based on the trinkets she finds in the shipwrecks?
Hilarious part is that tons of shipwrecks over the centuries have become literal substitute reefs and such.
@@kinagrill Making the whole 'they're destroying our reefs!' a load of BS.
Someone really REALLY needed to proof read this script before anything was filmed; because, my God, the stuff that literally makes no sense in context is astronomical and leaves me wondering how anyone can claim this live remake is better than the '89 classic.
@@madamefluffy4788 Oh yeah I agree. also odd that there's so much debris when it's wooden ships unless they are mostly intact.
Why is she singing along with "Under the Sea"? The whole point of the song is to convince her to stay put. Does anyone else have a problem with this?
@@perrytheimp That was one of the many things people took issue with - but, to be fair, the entire live action film is filled with those moments.
Poor Andersen, they don’t respect his original works
They ruined a well loved and meaningful story that was meant to be a moral lesson for younger audiences and ruined it with political opinions that are virtually shoved into an iconic story.
If i were a film maker ,
I don't want people over praising the diversity side
Because i want to be praised for creating a movie that showcase qualitative story telling
When people overpraised the diversity side , i don't think people appreciate the story telling , theyre just worship ideology and marketing strategy
I'm sure somebody out there likes Awkwafina, but I cannot imagine who or why.
I don’t like her. She was awful in Raya and The Last Dragon
Torturers in "Andor" that use recordings of her talking to get prisoners to confess.
@@darrengordon-hill👍👍👍
M Bison loves her scenes.
He clipped them together to brainwash Blanka into an electrical rage monster.
Props to her - few actors these days connect so viscerally with their audience...
Y’all are kinda overreacting ngl it’s still bad but it’s not the fucking breath of the devil or some shit
I blame her for it, yes Disney are the ones who sent out the Black Only casting call, yes the Director was focused on making as bland a performance as possible but she's the one who thought to herself 'this will help my exposure and career as a singer' rather than 'I would love to do this, but I'm not a skilled enough actress'
No.
Don't hold back, when an actor or actress signs a contract for a movie they are making a commitment to at least try and be passable because they are capable of acting.
And if the actress was capable, then I'd hold no issue, if this were a commendable actress who can sing (I far smaller group honestly) then I'd wholly blame Disney no matter who it was. For instance, a lot of people say Jude Law in LAR 17 was the only good part and they're right, I don't blame him for the bad film, he did the best he could with what he had.
But Bailey didn't think of the truth that she wasn't capable of doing this role, she just saw the zeroes attached to the role, the exposure of her voice and the ability to then claim racism when people don't like her.
No quarter given to those who choose roles they're not capable of fulfilling.
She probably didn't know her acting was bad..She did audition for the role...
@@ultraboombean I know what you mean and I won't try and change your mind, though there is a question I'll ask you.
Let's say you're an actor and let's also say you get a casting call for Luke Skywalker in a remake of a New Hope.
You don't know whether or not you're a 'bad' actor or not but do you think you're capable of matching Mark Hamill or surpassing his range in the role?
I for one would turn it down no matter how much of a boost to my career it would be, I'm not that great an actor when I've tried, I couldn't convince American's I knew how to do a post British Accent and I'm born in the UK.
That's all I'm asking for with her, a minimum of thought to how she'll appear to others rather than thinking of herself and only herself.
It had to be the money that was the main driving factor because there’s no way
To be honest, you make a very compelling argument. She's a big girl and should take responsibility for her poor work. That said, the race swap massively limited the actresses who could play the role, so Bailey or someone equally as bad was the inevitable outcome.
@@DespotofAntrim yeah I guess the Disney casting does do that, they do own a lot of the responsibilities with how bad it is.
Slept through the entire middle of the movie. My girlfriend said there were a lot of sleeping people in the audience.
I’m seeing a lot of people only praise the movie for halle but not the movie itself so I’m glad to see a genuine review
When Moses parted the sea, Ariel got caught in the crossfire and so her eyes drifted far apart
😂 Uma Thurman’s Eyeball wrangler from ‘Pulp Fiction’ was unavailable for this project. 😂
This is genius and needs to have 1,000 likes already
FUCKING GOLD
That “and so” is gold! 😂😂
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣👏
I remember when every advertiser in existence was calling this “the movie event of the summer”.
And then the movie came out.
it was an event.... just not THEE event :p
Its like Hollywood is rapidly devolving
Society in general, really
@Chase Hedges67 true true but it feels like Hollywood hit the gas to be the first in the race to the bottom
@@phoenixrq9139 Gonzo Civilisation.
When they should be DESPOTING
This isn’t devolution anymore; it’s the worlds slowest corporate suicide.
Says they won't play nightmares again, proceeds to do it again several times. That's some chaotic evil shit right there...
Poor unfortunate films
In pain, in need
This one longing to be relevant
That one wants to "start the conversation"
And do I help them? Yes, indeed
Those poor unfortunate films
So sad, so true
They come flocking to my cauldron
Crying, "Live action, Iger please!"
And I help them! Yes, I do
Now, it's happened once or twice
Someone couldn't hit the mark
And I'm afraid I had to send them to Disney+
Yes, I've had the odd complaint
But on the whole, l've been a saint
To those poor unfortunate films
I can't directly look at AUFMA's face. She reminds me of the creature from SPLICE, gives me uncanny valley vibes.
NOT THE CREATURE FROM SPLICE. LOIOOOOLLL
Omg I love a splice reference! It was like the running joke of this makeup message board I used to use back in the day.
Yes! Lol that's exactly what it reminds me of
Holy shit that’s so accurate lmao
I agree. it's a bit disturbing. I dunno if it's bad CGI with poor camera angles but it's just 'uncanny valley' as all hell.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore
I don’t want to live in this era anymore. Take me back to the mid 2000s and early to mid 2010s or the 80s or 90s
@@chasehedges6775
VHS/DVD/digital download is the "time machine" you're looking for...
Last week:
*12 Angry Men
*Chinatown
*Peter Pan (OG animation)
*Swiss Family Robinson
*Major League 1 & 2...
This week I'll be watching:
*Batman 60s TV series
*Maltese Falcon/others from the "Top 10 Film Noir" list
*Austin Powers trilogy
Only watching this cos on the toilet - probably won't finish cos WTF cares about this or Velma or Willow or Cleopatra or [insert woke trash here]...
Truly we are the masters of our own entertainment...
@@darrengordon-hill I would rather watch Freddy got fingered and masters of disguised over and over again on a loop then watch this.
Roast this movie, hard my dude!
Roast it like a steak over a fire.
@@chasehedges6775
LEARN HOW TO COOK, DANG!!!
"Roast beef" =/= steak
Grilled fish > Roast fish
Thank you for pointing out about how poor the music& performances are, everyone else hasn't in their reviews. I feel the same way about part of your world song. * I loved Prince's Batman songs in the background for this, you're comedic timing and writing was fantastic 🤣🤣
Didn’t watch Mermaid due to an on going boycott of all that is Disney. You’ve convinced me that I didn’t miss a thing. Skuttlebutt says it all. Quit Disney due to them pushing agendas. Sold all my Disney stock as well.
Those Merpeople posing to a Dupont diversity advertisement was hilarious!
The width between Halle Bailey's eyes represents how far Disney is at from hitting the profit margin.
"Her eyes are so far apart that if it were Wednesday, she could see both weekends." ~Copa Catania
That’s why I always say that the shape of the eyes and width in between can make or break someone’s face.
BAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHA
I somehow JUST noticed that. There's like a mile between her eyes. Does she have one of those genetic disorders?
@@MamaMOB Nah, her father was gangr*ped by a group of hammerhead sharks.
People with logic: ** lists all the examples of how the movie is objectively bad **
Woke Lefies: MUH WACISM AND SEXISM!1!1!1!!!
Awkwafina & Halle are brutal in this. Terrible performances! There careers should be ruined from this atrocity
That Aquafina rap song made my heart bleed black blood in my soul…
It was that bad! 😫😫
I bloody love this guy! So amusing.
The Little Mermaid is my favorite movie ever since a child. I’m that dork that has been collecting everything since then and not ashamed to say I still do. It was the 1st movie I saw in theaters with my mom. I watched it nonstop to the point mom had to replace the vhs multiple times lol. It’s because of Ariel I began to sing and have been all my life. Music is my ‘voice’.
When I saw they were swapping her for this ‘modern audience’ I was was enraged. I don’t care about identity nonsense but I care about the memories. That’s what they want to destroy. Ariel was fascinated with the human world before Eric thus her cave of treasures. However it was her falling in love and her rebellious nature against her father who loved her deeply and wanted to protect her that pushed her to Ursula. She was already a strong willed, adventurous beautiful soul that was trying to find herself. She wasn’t trying to be a stupid feminist!
I absolutely refuse to see this LAR ! Seeing the countless reviews of the disaster they created truly saddens me. Just the snippet of Part of your world sung by her grate’s me! That song along with the entire original soundtrack are iconic and beautiful. They want to destroy that too. They changed the entire feel, the story of finding herself, Eric being a wonderful man seeking love who is willing to fight to save her showing the King he is worthy of her hand. I could go on forever, but as a woman who grew up as a Disney girl in 80’s n 90’s it’s vile what Disney is doing. It isn’t showing girls how to be strong or ‘girl power’ crap! It’s showing men as horrible and weak. It’s telling girls they don’t have to learn, grow or struggle, that they don’t need anyone and as said here that marriage and family is bad! It’s destroying the reality of life by trying to brainwash children and it’s evil.
I hope Disney collapses and real story tellers rise from independent areas and bring beauty back to it. I appreciate the refusal to call this disaster the Little Mermaid, its definitely not at all!
Best review I’ve seen! And thank you for sharing the song beautifully sung by the group!
I totally agree with you. Wonderfully said!!! I'm a p.o.c and refused to watch the new Little Mermaid. It feels dark and not as vibrant as the original one did. Disney should've made a new princess movie of African origin and culture.
I'm a huge fan of the Little Mermaid, and Disney butchered it with this whack and drown out live version of it. Halle Bailey cannot act, isn't pretty at all, and weird looking. She is soulless in this movie.
The 'Full Metal Jacket' insert was perfection. As far as rock bottom goes, disney is on the their way to the molten core of the earth.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
But together we can stop that...
Africa had its chance.
Im honestly sick of Disney all together. The movies, the streaming service, the price of the parks. It's all bad
Good lord, that song has to be the closest thing to farting into a megaphone I've ever heard.
Couldn't help but notice how much the one "daughter" resembled WWK-Cleopatra with the eye makeup and crown.
Much like the way they stuck that nightmarish abomination Paramount originally tried to pass off as Sonic in the Chip'n Dale movie as a bad joke, when audiences reject something, the mouse quadruples down on it...on purpose.
Audiences: Hey, this "chocolate pudding" it just a pile of dog shit. We're not eating this.
Sane studios: You're right. We're sorry. We'll do better.
The mouse: It IS chocolate pudding and you'll eat it and you'll LIKE IT!
That reminds me of the part in fairly Oddparents when Timmy and Wanda were at a table between the bathroom and the kitchen and a waiter came out asking: “chocolate pudding?”
Timmy: “that depends, which door did YOU come out of?”
And later Billy “Crystalball” says: “that’s not really pudding”
And Timmy just spits it out 😅
The 2 doors represent Disney’s remakes (the bathroom) and Disney’s classic animated films (the kitchen)
@@jeniferclemente1252 Pretty poor taste in serving up slop to us then? The remakes?
@@Thomasmemoryscentral well, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That’s pretty much all I’m saying.
Me: *SMACK*
"the mouse 🐭" though 😂😅
I am in complete awe of the talent of this reviewer. In terms of writing, tone, creativity, narration. Kudos good sir. Rapidly becoming my go to channel to stay informed about the cultural vandalization of our society, along with the Drinker. Simply fantastic.
In 2020 Disney brought the film rights to a Trinidadian musical called “Once On This Island” which was inspired by The Little Mermaid fairytale. But infused with Trinidadian mythology and culture and written by a Trinidadian woman named Rosa Guy. The musical is amazing, with great characters and fun and well written songs. So I’m four years they didn’t make that film, but instead another soulless cash grab to bank on nostalgia.
"when the nightmares of hell became sound" is an awesome name for a doom soundtrack
In Mulan , The Little Mermaid , Pinnochio and Peter Pan in the Remakes version
The protagonist is portrayed for being too OP
Its like eliminating the element of struggle which crucial for the hero of the story development and makes the audience even more sympathetic with their development ,
You Can't make a good story with a Hero that have no flaw
Aquafina is what happens when you have someone with no talent try harding to be a rapper and funny. Somehow she has been typecast as the annoying friend nobody really likes. Movies do have a habit of drafting talentless popular rappers into the film to leech some fans. And I am STILL amazed at people saying the "Scuttlebutt" was not that bad when it fails on so many levels.
It fails on lyrics because "scuttlebutt" is the title for the water barrel used as the water cooler on a ship. So when she says "Have you heard the Scuttlebutt?" its like someone saying "Have you heard the water cooler?" Second it talks about "when the humans dress up as Penguins?" which references Tuxedos. Firstly, nobody would know what penguins are and secondly Tuxedos are not invented in this time period. So its trying to use modern word play in a classic setting. Like if I talked about watches in a medieval movie.
It fails on the voice, which sounds like a grandma who has chain smoked since age 4.
Even the other characters in the song dislike her.
And yet, people are in SO Much denial that the princes song is worst.
I can't believe I'm playing devil's advocate for this film but the colloquial use of scuttlebutt for gossip and rumor is recognised sailor slang.
I feel unclean
@@MediumRareOpinions As you well should. "Recognized" by who?
So is Gams, but nobody but a grandpa would use it in a sentence.
My father, who hasn't watched the remake and therefore has no knowledge of any additional songs, heard the Prince's song in isolation and outright said that it was crap.
@@lmahu6627 People are still telling me its 10/10 movie, that the songs are fine and while the princes song is meh, the scuttlebutt song is "Good."
@@TheWaterdog6 Scuttlebutt is absolutely a slang term for gossip/rumor. I don't care about this movie or this particular debate, but it is not even an obscure definition of the word.
But how much more money can Disney lose before going bankrupt ?
They won't go bankrupt anytime soon. They own so much of all (produced) entertainment that as long as people do watch sth and noone else really produces a lot of new the money will just keep comming in. Busted copyright laws really help that.
We need a sequel. No, I'm not drunk.
In the sequel Ariel and Eric go on a business trip instead of a honeymoon, and although neither of them is the brightest candle in the chandelier they quickly realise after living closely together for a week, that they're not a match, and what ensues is the adopted transmother of all anti-romcoms.
- Eric is adopted, so he values the concept of a healthy happy family. His new wife ran away from her obviously pretty promiscuous, quick-tempered dad (all of his "daughters" look like they have different mothers and he does have violent outbreaks in front of her), and Ursula (as Triton's sister and thereby Ariel's aunt) was exiled from the family and tried to kill her.
- What will the kids look like? And I'm not talking about skin colour. Given that they can breed at all (and that feminist Ariel is willing to), will her DNA show in the babies? Is she going to lay eggs? Will they have gills, fishtails or tentacles when they hatch? This is the... what, 18th or early 19th century? You can still be burnt as a witch or a demon in some places. In real life, the last woman who was accused of being a changeling in Scotland was born around the year 1910, and her village wanted to burn her when she was only a few months old. She was lucky and lived to give a TV interview.
- Ariel may be an underwater princess, but she's very anti-patriarchy, so Eric being a prince is going to pi$$ her off. And he probably eats fish and other seafood pretty regularly. Knowing neo-Marxist morons like her, she won't forgive him that his species killed her mother, and she will absolutely try to destroy the land monarchy - just compare this to Harry Harkle and his Instagram loving b1tch wife, which btw, is a far more interesting story.
- The whole setup is weird (and it already was in the animated movie, but it got much weirder): It's a Danish tale, so we're talking about the North Sea or Baltic Sea, but Triton is a sea god from Graeco-Roman (= Mediterranean) mythology. Ariel was originally the name of a male air spirit (and as such he features in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest") from Jewish lore (and it's the name of a German washing detergent, that works with oxygen bubbles). Now we don't just have a Mediterranean father and daughter of two vastly different ethnic and mythological backgrounds, who somehow made it to Danish waters - we've complicated the whole thing by taking them to a colonial Caribbean setting.
I could go on about the actual trans subtext, that Hans Christian Andersen (the early 19th century author of the original fairytale) DID intend, about his non-Caribbean inspiration for this specific mermaid and her troubles, or about the fact, that Disney race-swapped a white character, although there is a perfectly good West African mermaid named Mami Wata, that they could have made a movie about... but I've already done that in other comments.
This needs an ugly break-up murd*r sequel.
I remember when I was 16, I want my character to be a "strong woman". She was a mother who love food, fashion and try to save her kid no matter what. She sometime save the other and was save by the other, cause you cannot do everything alone. I love the fact that I have a better idea of "strong woman" at 16 years old than a lot of production team.
I'm assuming English is not your first language?
No words! Disney is a lost cause! Society will be served best by Iger going to prison for cooking the books and the studio going under!
The reference to Himmler was superb - dark humour at its best, a slight stray across into the tasteless. It's stuff like that that I look forward to In These reviews. As a fellow Northern Irish man - there is just an indefinable caustic burn to our take on the world sometimes. Long may your channel continue.
Loved it too.
Half of the movie looks like it was a fanfic on deviantart
I don’t care what they told you in school… Cleopatra was Ariel… or something.
Ariel was Cleopatra
Nothing brings me more joy than this movie flopping all over the planet ☺️😊
Hold on, just realised not only they took away the cuteness from Flounder but he also didn't get a kiss from Ariel like the og cartoon does?
He just gets his pectoral fins pulled when they were shipwreck treasure-hunting. 🤪
Really? Oh no, they extended sexual correctness, too? After all, to kiss a fish really isn't something we should teach our kids.
You said it man, this one hurt me since the OG LM was one of my favorite movies as a young girl. They really are sadistic it breaks my heart 😢 and the Snow White casting is personal! I wasn't a Disney adult before but now I will try extra hard not to give Disney a penny.
It’s literally the reason I have an adoration and preference for redheads. She’s just so beautiful and her voice! And it’s amazing!
@@holdencross5904 I used to be so obsessed with Ariel... Also what angers me is like as a girl we would all talk about mermaid hair being beautiful long and silky, they still market hair products for adults with "mermaid hair" to mean it will make it silky and they give Blaquriel brown DREADLOCKS like wtf they could've at the very least gave her a bright burgundy weave to look like silky Ariel hair.
@@gypsylee333 EXACTLY. I abhor this movie.
When Melissa McCarthy is the best thing about this movie you know it's terrible.
Don't know how I'm only just now finding this channel, but Holy Lord am I glad I did. In 2024, to look back and see this video's sequence moving from She-Hulk to Velma to Netflix's Cleopatra... I literally fell out of my seat laughing. Great stuff.
I think the Guiness World Record book should have a new chapter dedicated for "Cinematic Disaster" because we have plenty of those !